geniuses

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Springsteen called the musician a writer in the lineage of "geniuses" and "natural rebels" like Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“He realized that geniuses are made, not born,” says Hungarian chess master Anna Rudolf, “if they are educated in the right way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“It’s fascinating to me that we had all these great geniuses in town, and kind of ignored them,” says Dunn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Likewise, many well-known geniuses like Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Fritz Lang, who were chased out of Europe by the Nazis, brilliantly exposed the hypocrisies and soul deadening conformity of mainstream American culture.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond