“Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.” — Bernard Berenson Quote

“Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.”

“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”

“Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine.”

“Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.”

“I'm terrible at solving things. I'm really bad and haven't got any sort of lateral thinking capacity. I am your perfect audience for a mystery. I love that kind of stuff. I'm always on the edge of my seat.”

“People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.”