Genius loci—The presiding genius of the place.
Genius makes its observations in shorthand; talent writes them out at length. Bovee.
Genius may at times want the spur, but it stands as often in need of the curb. Longinus.
Genius melts many ages into one.... A work 5 of genius is but the newspaper of a century, or perchance of a hundred centuries. Hawthorne.
Genius must be born, and never can be taught. Dryden.
Genius of a kind is necessary to make a fortune, and especially a large one. La Bruyère.
Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it. Froude.
Genius only leaves behind it the monuments of its strength. Hazlitt.
Genius should be the child of genius, and every 10 child should be inspired. Emerson.
Genius, the Pythian of the beautiful, leaves its large truths a riddle to the dull. Bulwer Lytton.