"Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments." Julius Sextus Frontinus - Roman Engineer in 10 A.D.

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Theodor Geisel

"Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge." Frank Lloyd Wright

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olsen - Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"Stimulated by those moods which poets turn into words, I turn my ideas into tones which resound, roar, and rage until at last they stand before me in the form of notes." Ludwig Van Beetoven - Composer

"Design is first and foremost an attitude." Roger Tallon

"Music is the shorthand of emotion." Leo Tolstoy

"A failed experiment can be more important then a trivial design." Verner Panton

"The first rule for a designer is to find the right customer." Massimo Morozzi

"I believe that finished products and industrial design make people more neighborly. In small things the status symbol disappears." Arne Jacobsen

Geniuses

Genius Hall of Fame

Back in 2002 we began featuring a fresh "genius" each month, this ran strong for a few years. Our genius - genius writer took an extended sabbatical to focus on raising her kids, we hope to begin adding new entries again in 2015.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

To say that Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an extraordinary visionary, an intellectual giant, a prolific author, poe

Joseph Oriolo

Pioneering cartoon animator Joseph Oriolo was born in New Jersey in 1913, one of six children in an Italian immi

Rosalyn Tureck

Deemed “The High Priestess of Bach,” Rosalyn Tureck is considered by many to be one of the great musical geniuses of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

Gugielmo Marconi

In our day-to-day existence, we hear the term "wireless" repeatedly. In most cases, it has to do with communication.

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to Bailey and Vivian Johnson.

Juan Garcia Esquivel

It's fitting that Esquivel's name was usually printed with an exclamation point: his trademark is the musical exclamation

George Washington Carver

“The primary idea in all of my work was to help the farmer and fill the poor man’s empty dinner pail. My idea is to help the ‘man farthest down’, this is why I hav

George Gamow

George Gamow was born on March 4, 1904, in the town of Odessa, in what is now the Ukraine, to Anthony M Gamow, a teacher, and Alexandra Lebedinzeva. As a youngster he was fascinated with the s

Leon Theremin

The life of Leon Theremin is the stuff of spy novels, rife with espionage, electronic gadgetry, high society, and kidnapping.

Sir Edward William Elgar

Edward Elgar is known as one of Britain’s most famous composers of classical music. His works are known, performed, and respected throughout the world. During his own lifetime, su

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Geniuses

Genius Hall of Fame

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Joseph Oriolo

Rosalyn Tureck

Gugielmo Marconi

Maya Angelou

Juan Garcia Esquivel

George Washington Carver

George Gamow

Leon Theremin

Sir Edward William Elgar