¶ Genius: Children Are Born Geniuses
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Genius: Children Are Born Geniuses:
"By genius I mean those who act spontaneously with imaginative realism-- that is, by subconscious coordination of brain by mind-- as stimulated by intuitive insights regarding the interrelationship significances of their successive experiences; such geniuses are to be contrasted to those who respond only to external considerations, self-conscious disciplines and pre-conditioned nerve and muscle reflexing.
"All children are born geniuses but almost all are swiftly degeniused by environmental events. By environment I mean all of the Universe that is not self.
“Great artists and great scientists are the same. They cannot be one without being them other. Both realize their inspirations through intuitions. Both have complete confidence in the validity of their intuitions. Both have the courage to commit themselves to the testing of their intuitions.”
