“ In art nothing worth doing can be done without genius ”
Bertrand Russell, Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays (1910). copy citation
Author | Bertrand Russell |
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Source | Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays |
Topic | genius art |
Date | 1910 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25447/25447-h/25447-h.htm |
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“No transcendent ability is required in order to make useful discoveries in science; the edifice of science needs its masons, bricklayers, and common labourers as well as its foremen, master-builders, and architects. In art nothing worth doing can be done without genius; in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.
In science the man of real genius is the man who invents a new method. The notable discoveries are often made by his successors, who can apply the method with fresh vigour, unimpaired by the previous labour of perfecting it;”
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