From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.
She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.
It occurred to me that there was no difference between men in intelligence or race so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker and they liked us to learn poems by heart which I found I loved doing.
I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?
His imagination conceived and bore - worlds but nothing in these worlds became alive until he discovered its true and living name. The name was the breath of life and sooner or later he invariably found it.
Suffering it turns out demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.
Dr. Einstein was not successful in school but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power and look what he did.
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination rarely.