Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

One way to understand light in the ocean of air is by flying it. Life in the air is an extension of perceiving.

Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention. . . . But it is their genius making them attentive, not their attention making geniuses of them.

Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault.