"I can’t tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring." ― James Whistler Topic(s): Intelligence More From James Whistler "The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many." "An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." More In Intelligence "So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don’t respect their intelligence."― Eriq La Salle "It’s part of a writer’s profession, as it’s part of a spy’s profession, to prey on the community to which he’s attached, to take away information – often in secret – and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it’s his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely."― John le Carre "A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere."― Charles Kettering