"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer." ― Albert Einstein Topic(s): Intelligence More From Albert Einstein "Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking." "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." "The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge." More In Intelligence "I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head."― Rafik Hariri "I want to exude strength and intelligence."― Portia de Rossi "The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force."― George Bancroft