“All geniuses are peculiarly inclined to solitude, to which they are driven as much by their difference from others as the inner wealth with which they are quipped, since among humans, among diamonds, only the uncommonly great are suited as solitaires: the ordinary ones must be set in clusters to produce any effect.”— Arthur Schopenhauer
“Throughout history, only a small number of people have done the serious thinking for everybody.”— John Brockman
“I think all – or the ones thet I’ve run into – tend to have a faintly tenuous relationship with the real world, because so much is going on on the inside. They may be geniuses but they often need someone to walk around holding a string. They’re sort of balloons, bobbing around.”— Neil Gaiman