“Genius is an African who dreams up snow.”

“It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow. ”

“There are teachers and students with square minds who are by nature meant to undergo the fascination of catagories. For them, 'schools' and 'movements' are everything; by painting a group symbol on the brow of mediocrity, they condone their own incomprehension of true genius.”

“Genius is finding the invisible link between things.”

“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.”

“A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle...”

“Sleep is the most moronic fraternity in the world, with the heaviest dues and the crudest rituals. It is a mental torture I find debasing... I simply cannot get used to the nightly betrayal of reason, humanity, genius.”