Genius is derived from the Latin word for ‘Spirit’
Denoting the spirit of the universe : that
We can only submit to but cannot govern
William Wordsworth describes genius as :
The act of doing well
What is worthy to be done
And what was never done before
Mark Twain:
All ideas are second-hand
Consciously and unconsciously drawn from
Million outside sources !!!
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Great genial powers, one would say
Consists in not being original at all
In being altogether receptive
In letting the world do all
And suffering the spirit of the hour
To pass unobstructed though the mind!