It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

Intellectuals tend to spend too much of their valuable time in study, critical analysis and debate. They usually have little or no time for practice.

Who would’ve thought doing nothing all the time would turn out to be so damn tiring?

Spend time in silence. Take time to get to know yourself and your genius in stillness.

I'm starting to realize that touring really involves a lot of waiting around doing nothing.

Genius does not only require superior knowledge and skill, but also superior patience.

In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

When I get busy, I get stupid.” Ain’t that the truth. Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing. I get some of my best ideas when I’m bored,

As you will never be sure which are the right problems to work on, most of the time that you spend in the laboratory or at your desk will be wasted. If you want to be creative, then you will have to get used to spending most of your time not being creative, to being becalmed on the ocean of scientific knowledge.

I’ve never taken much time to do nothing, which I think is pretty important, especially at my age, and sort of contemplating what is coming. In this culture, we spend most of our time trying to avoid it. I would like to have more of a Buddhist approach.

La gente creativa necesita tiempo para sentarse a no hacer nada. Yo tengo algunas de mis mejores ideas cuando estoy aburrido, por eso nunca llevo mis camisas a la lavandería. Me encanta planchar; es tan aburrido que siempre me surgen buenas ideas.