“Genius is initiative on fire.”
“Not,speech,that,has,fire,But,Fire,that,can,speak—Genius.”
“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.”
“Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire!”
“In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.”
“I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.”