What Has Become of Genius?
During the 20th century, performance standards and records continually improved in all fields. But where is the Darwin or the Einstein, the Mozart or the Beethoven, the Chekhov or the Shaw, the Cézanne...
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Contemporary 'geniuses' may come and go, but the idea of genius will not let go of us.read more
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Does Genius Follow the Ten-Year Rule?
Gradual preparation with sudden illumination, dogged work with a "eureka" experience, perspiration with inspiration--whichever pair of contrasts one prefers--are defining features of creative...
View ArticleDo Nobel Prizes Reward Genius?
Anyone older than a teenager knows that fashion is fickle, fame is transitory, and reputations rise and fall. In literature, many of the winners of the Nobel prize for literature, inaugurated in 1901,...
View ArticleDoes Madness Enhance or Diminish Genius?
The connection between genius and mental illness is paradoxically both clearer and murkier than that between genius and high intelligence. Clearer--because so many geniuses have shown symptoms of...
View ArticleWhat Has Become of Genius?
During the 20th century, performance standards and records continually improved in all fields. But where is the Darwin or the Einstein, the Mozart or the Beethoven, the Chekhov or the Shaw, the Cézanne...
View ArticleCan We Define Genius?
Contemporary 'geniuses' may come and go, but the idea of genius will not let go of us.
View ArticleCan We Define Genius?
Contemporary 'geniuses' may come and go, but the idea of genius will not let go of us.
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