What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
一个早熟的天才可能被认为是童年时代的天才。当孩子长大了，它会消失得无影无踪。也许有一天这个男孩会成为一个真正的画家，甚至是一个伟大的画家。但到那时，他将不得不重新开始一切，从零开始。
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
感动那些天才的，激励他们工作的不是新想法，而是他们对已经说过的还不够的想法的痴迷。
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
这个世界需要的是更多谦逊的天才;我们剩下的人很少了。
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
无论你能做什么，或梦想你能做什么，开始吧。勇敢具有天才、力量和魔力。
When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going.
当我编辑的时候，我不是来自学校的你好，我是个天才，所以大家都闭嘴。我来自“让我们在观众面前表演一次”的学校，然后我会告诉你们它的走向。
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
当一个真正的天才出现在这个世界上的时候，你可以从这个迹象看出他，那就是所有的蠢货都联合起来反对他。
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
当大自然有工作要做时，她就创造一个天才去做。
Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.
昨天，我思考了天才和有创造力的人的整个概念，以及如果你创造了某种神奇的艺术，某种程度上你就不用去关注那些小事。
You don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.
即使你不是政治天才，也能嗅出水中的血腥味。
You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.
你知道，私营部门的天才并不会知道，如果你能让联邦开支更有反应，你实际上可以节省数千亿美元。那是主要的工作。
You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to suffer the slavery of being a girl.
你可以试一试，但你永远想象不出，拥有男人的天赋，还要忍受做女孩的苦役是什么滋味。