She’s practically a science genius, but she doesn’t care about literature or art. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I do not believe that it takes a genius to pierce to the heart of a situation to which Southern chivalry once gave, among other things, the mulatto. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet Monroe, who knew him and his wife, wrote, “His genius was betrayed by lofty and indomitable traits of character which could not yield or compromise. And so his life was a tragedy of inconsequence.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In high school I flirted with the idea that I might be a philosophical genius. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you think? Am I a genius or what?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You have natural talent. You could been genius if you want to.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noah’s application to CSA had been sitting on the kitchen counter radiating genius since the week before Mom died. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“There are rumors,” the nobleman said, “that deep in the hills behind Toledo lives a genius. The greatest sword maker in all the world.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At a table in front of the banner, students with hipster glasses and uncombed hair hung out, talking about whether Ferd Johnson was really the genius behind the 1920s comic strip Moon Mullins. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Father! You’re a genius! I trust your handiwork—” The first metal feather shook loose from his wings and fluttered away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her Max was such a genius, they’d all come back, every patient. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past few years, Hideo has transformed from a lanky teenage genius into an elegant young man with piercing eyes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the question for our purposes is whether the broad pattern of world history would have been altered significantly if some genius inventor had not been born at a particular place and time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"The man is a genius for knots," she says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Who was not a child prodigy but did end up being something of a genius. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Everybody at Fullbrook seemed like a genius to me, already worldly, already honing their special skill, building robots, singing arias, starting their own tech company. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you afraid of? Is it because you’re supposed to be a genius?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Irwin was a full professor at twenty-six and had the pale, hairless skin of a boy genius. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

What is much more important than human genius is the development of technology, and it is no surprise that the start of the scientific revolution ‘coincides’ with the development of the telescope and the microscope. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I'm mystified as to how someone so pot-addled could be such a genius in the field of false identification. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Lowell was posthumously hailed everywhere as a genius of the first order, and Tombaugh was largely forgotten, except among planetary astronomers, who tend to revere him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s the genius of these institutions. They want the working classes, laborers. Boys who aren’t stamped by”—Herr Siedler frowns— “middle-class garbage. The cinemas and so forth. They want industrious boys. Exceptional boys.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve thought of myself as a genius, a savant, and a freak, but never an orphan. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It will decide my career, for if I have any genius, I shall find it out in Rome, and will do something to prove it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"These wires are measuring my brain activity. I'm here for specialized testing because, according to the experts, I'm a genius." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I agree. But he was a genius with a paintbrush, and I guess that's why she chose him. People used to call their relationship 'the Elephant and the Dove.'" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He said, “It worked out OK for Luis, though. He became a genius at horticulture. There’s nobody better in Florida.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every art book Mrs. Richardson consulted described her in glowing terms: a self-taught genius, a feminist photographic pioneer, a dynamic and generous intellect. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That group of young geniuses came to be known as the “Termites,” and they were the subjects of what would become one of the most famous psychological studies in history. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"They're meeting with some doctors now. And I told them I needed some space anyway—to do, you know, typical genius hobbies." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s a genius, a real genius,” Groves told a reporter years later. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you must be a genius. You’ve figured out my whole scheme.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is the essential aspect of his genius as an educator. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Victoria held up her hands. “—but you’re this cool, creative, film genius person! Hannah just needs to see that too. Don’t worry.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That was because I was so young and she was such a genius. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was rather ruining the whole business of authorial genius for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He is celebrated today as one of Russia’s most brilliant writers. But during his life he was understood by no one, least of all himself. One might say he typified the phrase ‘eccentric genius.’ The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Told you that disguise was genius,” whispered Somkit, pulling him inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In their terms, a genius, a god, was loitering on the periphery of their world and they were straining for her attention. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And given the tone-deaf Darwin inheritance she had to overcome, she was clearly a musical genius. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I love numbers, and I love math. My brain is high-functioning when it comes to numbers. Um...actually, I’m a genius. A math genius.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius could tell that she was attempting to record the scene: Eliza crossing the ice with a particularly large genius in her arms. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a grief to see the best of Zairean genius and diplomacy spent on bare survival, while fortunes in diamonds and cobalt are slipped daily out from under our feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To throw in the face of the father who was so ambitious for presidents and geniuses in the family, the German nobody turned out to be a world-class chemist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Her teacher had scowled at her and said, You think you’re a genius, or something? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jay Stringer was still a genius, music assemblies were still boring, and Alice Evans was still too shy to admit when she had to go to the bathroom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But few of his geniuses were nationally known figures. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nor were there any Nobel Prize winners in his exhaustively selected group of geniuses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think it’s genius,” said Ron, standing up again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I guess some genius thought it would be hilarious to cross out a couple of “i”s and “n”s. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When she got to the end, she said, ‘Salim, I just have to face it. My weirdo brother’s a genius.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take a genius to figure out their plan. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Set atop these odd beliefs and quirky traits, however, was the mind of a supreme genius–though even when working in conventional channels he often showed a tendency to peculiarity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s like some kind of billionaire, genius, manic-pixie-dream philanthropist. I feel like you would be into that.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s all this opportunity has meant to you. Your genius has destroyed your faith in the world and in your fellow men.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dill had a peculiar genius, honed over his years of friendship with Lydia, at turning any band into a Christian band on the spot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Almost at once the Bogdanov paper excited debate among physicists as to whether it was twaddle, a work of genius, or a hoax. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I began to weep quietly, aware that in that time-suspended moment I was in the presence of genius. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I certainly can’t get in trouble for staying in character while out on the streets, but it doesn’t take a genius to see how upset Thomas is. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Leo told them about his new hobby as a genius inventor of musical funnels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a genius plan, but it was the best thing she could come up with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

All this bunk about little Billy Shakespeare, Dad would say, the great genius despite his grammar-school education, his small Latin and less Greek, was a lot of sentimental mythology. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the obsessive attention to detail that characterized his brand of dogged genius, Rosellini purged his life of all but the most primitive tools, which he fashioned from native materials with his own hands. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It used to be a planet. I can’t believe you two geniuses don’t know that after all the space videos you’ve watched!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It really didn’t take a genius to figure out that we’d run out of water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All three had a resident genius of the family, half-way between a tutor and a confidant, who affected the characters of the children in each. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I knew was I was forty years old and I didn’t mean to be here when I was forty, locked with this genius shrink wife and this balloon son. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The middle kid will turn out to be some kind of genius. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is she's running from, it's more than just some genius testing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That was Jordan’s genius: he never got caught. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bull, pacing in front of Virgil’s desk, brought a restlessness and a fever to command, a yeoman’s rigidity, and a genius for inspiration, whereas Virgil had the natural instincts of a general. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Classic writing, with its assumption of equality between writer and reader, makes the reader feel like a genius. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Lucky to have Madame Manec too. She’s a genius with food, isn’t she, Papa? She is maybe just a little bit better at cooking than you are?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Beethoven’s genius was to convert their modernity into something that would, in due course, become the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Rather, he pointed out that “geniuses like Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare and Fischer come out of the head of Zeus, seem to be generally programmed, know before instructed.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian also thought that Milo was a jerk; but he also knew that Milo was a genius. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Artists may sometimes be tortured by the burden of their genius, but they can never be truly creative under the thrall of psychosis. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a special on PBS once on children who were geniuses. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I knew this because one day I asked her, “Are you a genius?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had made a mistake by ever getting involved with the genius kid. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I know he’s a genius and everything . “Who is Mad-Eye?” asked Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Three weeks into the semester, Paul dropped out, and my father, convinced that his son's lawn-mowing skills bordered on genius, set him up in the landscaping business. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

First I have to be more intellectually developed, like my genius of a sister. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was revered by his troops and had demonstrated by that point in the war an unmatched tactical genius. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The builder, Daedalus, was a genius. But the point is, the Labyrinth has entrances everywhere. If Luke could figure out how to navigate it, he could move his army around with incredible speed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

So at this point Gilly was not ready to pull her time-honored trick of stopping work just when the teacher had become convinced that she had a bloody genius on her hands. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It made him proud to observe that twenty- nine months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Next, some genius figured out that because the liquid we were squirting at each other was no longer carried in the mouth, it could be something other than water. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sergeant wouldn’t say why we were conducting these “upper-body frisks,” but it doesn’t take a genius: The white-shirts think that at least one participant in the latest cutting exchange, though wounded, escaped undetected. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My grandfather had never quite gotten the hang of car mechanics, and so he thought my father was a genius. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In a class of geniuses, I had copied from the guy who got it wrong on purpose. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Only five year old and already you learn. You may be genius! We will see, but you may be!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just get my things packed,” I said, “and we’ll take off—just you and me—a couple of man-made geniuses on the run.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If their folks are such geniuses, how come they spend their days rooting around in the mud? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Indeed, this is the genius of the chicken nugget. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The same genius,” Mr. Muckle went on, “whose careless sleep habits resulted in a newspaper article that unfairly smeared the good name and reputation of Mother Paula? Was that you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What followers of a genius aren't dogmatic, for heaven’s sake? The Freudians have plenty to be dogmatic about. Freud was a genius.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"You got something better, genius? Oh, I mean, moneybags," he asked, all huff and puff. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

No longer a prodigy, not yet a genius—but still a smartypants. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The genius had written the numbers on a piece of tape and hung it in plain view— where else—inside his locker. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I told you it had to be catchy, too. I know, I know. I’m a genius, right?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Would it be unreasonable of me to call you a genius?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

No glowing quotations from his clients, testifying to his genius. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Masters of power politics, engineers of genius, the Mexica were also upstarts and pretenders, arrivistes who falsely claimed a brilliant line of descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This trick I've discovered made Mr. Daniels say I’m a genius. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My brother, the prodigal athlete genius girl magnet, will return to school from...let's say baseball camp...in a couple of days. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There are some smart people here, but I’m a genius. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If it isn’t the genius who thinks vapid video games about intergalactic zombies are twenty-first-century learning tools.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It's where the professors and the local geniuses and all the rest of the university creeps send their kids. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her genius plan to get money wasn’t so genius after all. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“The land of genius,” Olanna repeated, her face in that delicate phase between smiling and laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a meeting a few hours after the Horse and Horseman award presentation, the Iceman offered Smith and Howard a glimpse into the mind of a riding genius. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In case you didn't know it, that's genius level. With a mind like mine, I could be doing something, you know what I mean?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Although everybody, including me, made fun of him, I was pretty certain he was some sort of a genius. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was also a doer, a man blessed — as David Hackett Fischer recounts in his brilliant book Paul Revere’s Ride — with an “uncanny genius for being at the center of events.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the moments that followed Ben forgot about the game and concentrated instead on his uncanny instinct, his intuitive genius for asking the wrong question. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Since she was a genius, she could read anything, even Encyclopedia Britannica. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think a lechuza is? It’s an owl, genius. Try keeping up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was amazing how Waverly still sounded the way she did twenty- five years ago, when we were ten and she had announced to me in that same voice, “You aren’t a genius like me.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not hiding my genius is like taking off a pair of sweaty old sneakers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Imagining the Theorem only required a prodigy, but actually completing it would take a genius. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Your extraordinary skill and genius at the most difficult of games is a source of pride to me and to all who stand in the light of your remarkable accomplishments.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was described three decades after his death as having had “so much taste and talent that his mind bordered on genius.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re a genius and all. But you are one weird dude.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take a genius to realize what had happened, or how it would be perceived. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now the school and its resident geniuses are going to be on national TV? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His penmanship was a sure indicator that he would have had a future at MIT, the minuscule mechanical pencil marks designed to maximize the amount of cryptic data a genius could record on one page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Woodcuts and engraving in particular were traditionally dependent on craftsmanship, which may explain why so few creative geniuses have made them and have generally been content to let others produce prints from their designs. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sesame Street is best known for the creative geniuses it attracted, people like Jim Henson and Joe Raposo and Frank Oz, who intuitively grasped what it takes to get through to children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He may be a genius, but even geniuses make mistakes,” said Kate, whose face had gone red as a tomato. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know if she's telling the truth about her genius testing, but there is something honest in what she's telling me now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and added, "She is a hybrid genius of unknown I.Q.," and I knew that she was acknowledging our conversation of last summer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tariq had the genius idea that if we talked to some neighbors and got them to hold their cans and bottles for us, we wouldn't have to rummage and it'd be guaranteed cash. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Self-confidence is everything for military geniuses, liars like me, and decorators in trouble with the government. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am. All geniuses deal with bugs in the system.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Leavitt’s genius was to realize that by comparing the relative magnitudes of Cepheids at different points in the sky you could work out where they were in relation to each other. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Abigail was a genius biochemist, but her greatest fashion statement was her white lab coat. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Or does that sound like science fiction to such big geniuses! Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t have to read it—I’m not asking that—but I would love to cost those publishing geniuses a few dollars, because, let’s face it, they’re not spending much on advertising my books. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, Emma had eaten the cake, too, and she hadn’t become an instant genius. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I was up all night worrying that Windy would tell everyone that I was a genius. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Technological advances seem to come disproportionately from a few very rare geniuses, such as Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Thomas Edison, and the Wright brothers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The kid had an “honest-to-God genius” for spotting, amid the roadside rocks and grassy rubble, and the brown glow of thrown-away beer bottles, the emerald daubs that had once held 7-Up and Canada Dry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re also computer geniuses who like to brag that they could “hack into this pathetic excuse for a secure network” anytime to change their grades. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And when he ties the game, even you grin at your best friend’s genius. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was the Speaker of the House, and he was a genius with a dozen patents and money to burn on women’s health initiatives. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The plain truth of the Terman study, however, is that in the end almost none of the genius children from the lowest social and economic class ended up making a name for themselves. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Let’s be honest with each other; sure, you’re a genius, but even a genius gets rusty. You were three years out of practice. Forty minutes’ll be plenty.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, genius. You don’t like the plan all of a sudden, what else you got?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The appreciation of drawings as works of art dates from the Renaissance, when the artist’s creative genius first came to be valued and paper began to be made in quantity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a genius of video and photo editing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Homeboy’s got no appreciation for a lyrical genius such as Deuce Diggs.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Could such geniuses have equally well been born in Tasmania or Namibia? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing is, J.T.’s a total computer geek—or genius, depending on the way you want to look at it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Thought It does not take a math genius to understand that when you subtract a mother from the equation what remains is negative. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ernest’s genius, Seaborg perceived, was to draw into his orbit like-minded scientists in every field, not just physics, and imbue them with his own drive to build and perfect his magnificent invention. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You forgot to mention that he was also a genius,” his father said. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe in bragging, nor do I think that I am a genius of my own making. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming next week, the shocking story of the flawed genius considered by many to be the greatest wizard of his generation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Is that part of the whole genius thing?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Now, that was pure genius, baby. You’re going to be getting offers to endorse products. I’m thinking Cracker Jacks could be renamed Cracker Jakes!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Because Bailey did somehow look like a genius or at least a caricature of the mad scientists in old movies. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “This is genius. Every house should have one of these.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“And don’t go looking for ways to blame me for your problems. Other people drink wine and their kids are geniuses. You could of gone either way.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not you. You totally deserved to get in. You’re like a genius. But other people...” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I feel like a genius should be able to come up with a better idea than this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, as the sheer genius of the plot began to sink in, they all started grinning. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that's how it must have looked from a distance, because they never knew it was Freak who rescued me—or his genius brain and my big dumb body. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other researchers distanced themselves, criticizing him for being unscientific, but much of white America embraced his ideas and saw him as a spiritual adviser and a genius. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Kaz, you creepy little genius, the plan worked. You got us a tank.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t his own exalted pedigree—Erasmus as grandfather, Darwin as cousin—proof that genius ran in families? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

"The young man is a genius," Grim is saying. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She probably would not have read this treatise on the hydraulics of Versailles by an eighteenth-century Dane who extolled in Latin the genius of Le Notre. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Only this morning, each of the boys recited a poem of his own authorship. And Cassiopeia shows signs of mathematical genius.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“My favorite genius and future Nobel Prize winner.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Colin's father believed that this kind of prodigy—born and then made smarter by the right environment and education—could become a considerable genius, remembered forever. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I sat up and said, “I think he’s a genius,” partly because I thought it was true and partly because I just felt like disagreeing with her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

This cap was a beacon to the inquiring eyes of her family, who during these periods kept their distance, merely popping in their heads semi-occasionally to ask, with interest, “Does genius burn, Jo?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for some reason, his feared lack of genius made him miss K-19 more than he had since his face was pressed flat against his bedroom carpet. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Where I hid my Omega is a work of genius and second in security only to my Oxo tin under the loose floorboard. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I thought. When I looked that human in the face, I figured he was either a genius or crazy.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She felt that the obsession driving Bobby was I must get married, I must have a child, I cannot die without an offspring, or else my genius will vanish forever. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Our classmates tease us about how smart we are: "You'll both end up being doctors or professors or something. Your kids will be geniuses." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you are thinking I am making this up, read Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter....Don’t let millions of people down who regard you as a genius and an example to themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He became that by having been given room to express and expand his genius. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is an overused word, but this is what makes him a genius. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The silence on the phone indicated Emile’s appreciation of Archie’s genius. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a genius. Look at the curves on this building!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Seems like some genius would’ve figured out how to make pencils out of rubber or something a little softer, even though that’s probably a silly thing to even think. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bill Gates could accept the title of genius, and leave it at that. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“My skin, genius! It’s a beauty product, okay? Scram!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He pats Charlie’s head and says, “You’re a lot nicer than some of the normal kids whose mothers bring them here hoping I can make geniuses out of them by raising their I.Q.’s.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to be a genius to notice that the white-people neighborhood was much nicer than our neighborhood. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’d met the most fascinating group of people, every one of them a weird genius. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No. My brother Curtis is the genius. I just like to play games. So, do libraries even have board games?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I was hatching this genius plan while we talked. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If I were a genius, I’d want the world to know.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Percy was no genius when it came to relationships, but even he could feel the tension among those three. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Possible reasons lie beyond the scope of this discussion, except to note that this in no way implies some deficiency in Egyptian genius or language. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Both wore rumpled suits and stuck out their tongues, but only one displayed true genius in such films as Booty and the Beast and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

His instinctive genius lay in unearthing patterns—systems of organization—that lay behind the specimens; not in Kingdoms and Orders, but in kingdoms of order that ran through the biological world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Like Lee, Grant possesses a genius for warfare—indeed, he is capable of little else. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I still think he’s a genius. He’s right. I wasn’t listening.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Artemis is no felon, miss, he is a genius. Now please remove yourself from my sightline. I am monitoring the main entrance.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Some of his child geniuses had grown up to publish books and scholarly articles and thrive in business. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There were Ponzi schemers and Christian cultists, Tabernacle fanatics and mathematical geniuses. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It seems like just yesterday that I was telling seven-year- old Hazel why the sky was blue. You thought I was a genius back then.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s being overly humble right now. He’s basically a genius.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now when he should be enjoying the rewards accorded the most prestigious chair in science, he had to be responsible for the outrageous antics of an unsuccessful genius. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She removed a pair of thick gloves, blew her bangs up into the air with a puff of breath, and said, “They say one of you is a genius.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I have to admit, you were the first one with musical genius. But we can always turn on the radio if we want that.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This girl might just be a genius after all. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“This stuff is, like, genius for your complexion. Want some?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But he’d hate her knowing he was a phony genius even more. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The eighth graders had picked this computer genius, Luke Simard, and got him elected president just so they could make fun of him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I went to summer school. I’m not a genius.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know. God, I’m a genius. And her grades were good. And I don’t recall her talking about killing herself.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Reporters had started calling him the Army’s code-breaking genius in the 1920s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was a genius other composers slavishly followed for well over half a century, yet to most modern listeners he is just a name, alongside his colleague Brahms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some people said he was a genius, and maybe it was true. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is the real problem here the genius thing or the Katherine thing?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My mother said I was a crybaby, but Lynn said I was actually happy because it was my nature to be so, just like it was Lynn’s nature to be a genius. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That idea of genius loci—the spirit of a place—comes as a happy accident. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Am I a genius or am I a genius?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Archimedes was a genius—assuming this thing actually worked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I thought you said you were a genius,” I joke. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Delaware. Do you think Mrs. Baker looks like an evil genius?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They become so blinded by adoration they manage to convince themselves their child has qualities of genius. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in a stroke of genius, Kevin holds up lines of his poems on large white cards as he speaks about the writer’s life. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But she’s just been helping me keep up. Rosa’s a math genius, you know.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I write down poems I like. I’m not some kinda weird rhyming genius like you.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

For even at the age of ten, Inigo’s genius was there. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say genius, or savant, or prodigy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as he sat there on the bed, the note in his still-shaky hands, he couldn't help but feel that he would never be a genius. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care if I was a genius or if I was pretty or if I was good in sports. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was hard to tell at this point, but someday, if I didn’t go to Africa to study animals, I might be a beautiful genius tennis player. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t have to be a genius to figure it out, even though he was. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Malcolm is not only a genius; he has the industrious, plodding patience of a tortoise crossing a desert plane. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“If I slip, just remember that I’m a comical genius. It’s hard to split a man down the middle and always to reach for the same half.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The young brothers Bach, though, did not have the kind of natural genius required to lead a new movement out of its initial rebellious stage into the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I am a genius,” he said shortly after arriving back in Iceland, not pontifically but sincerely. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A mouse and a moron turned into geniuses before your very eyes! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Maybe. But I do not care to experiment. She-will make the trip just fine. Ginger is a genius." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was a hot-tempered genius. Did you know he was famous even when he was alive?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Richard is a genius,” Dad told me a moment later, winking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Then go get some great genius specialist, why don’t you? Why waste time messing around with me, a guy who the King fired.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were few who did not hail him as a true military genius for his important discovery. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Part of the new production method’s genius was its division of labor into unskilled tasks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they would not have been so happy together as she had been living alone with her darling genius son in her own tiny house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That kind of genius status means that he gets a cushy job working in the science lab as a teacher’s assistant for his community service. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the chapters ahead, I’m going to introduce you to one kind of outlier after another: to geniuses, business tycoons, rock stars, and software programmers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nadia turned to Noah and said, "Ginger is a genius. She will get the part." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The genius inventor didn’t want to stand out anymore. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pointing to it she said, “Oh yeah, totally. That’s sheer artistic genius right there.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The vast majority of child prodigies don't become adult geniuses. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She was too busy trying to figure out how to sabotage the three little geniuses before they ruined all of her and Mr. Huxley’s plans. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"If Julian had an allergy—which he does not—he would still want one of Ginger's pups. Ginger is a genius." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I guess he’s kind of a genius for that, because I’ve never met a nerd so beloved by the popular kids. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Lidewij continued, “I have continued this work because I believe he is a genius and because the pay is very good, but he has become a monster.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d had to make his way alone, and no one — not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Grandma had called her a girl genius, but Evan had ripped his paper in half and run upstairs, shouting "I hate you!" just before slamming his door. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

There's no doubt that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand mattered, although he was neither a prodigy nor a genius: his assassination sparked World War I—so his death led to 8,528,831 others. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

One rumor supposes that he has culinary geniuses from around the world kidnapped and imprisoned in his kitchens, where they are forced by questionable means to cater to his every whim. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She added, “I like geniuses or crazy people,” not saying which category, if either, Bobby fit into. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a genius plan, but it was the best thing she could come up with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His father-in-law, who owned the Ilium School of Optometry, who had set Billy up in practice, was a genius in his field. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure glad you two had the genius idea to make this trial run,” Sairy added. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sickly, feeling abandoned by his parents, quarrelsome, unsociable, a virgin to the day he died, Isaac Newton was perhaps the greatest scientific genius who ever lived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But others, also using Yiddish, referred to him as a gaon, a genius. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was a kind, conscientious, peace-loving fellow, who had been afflicted in his youth by a tutor of genius. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe Dante’s when he was being a computer genius. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was Lawrence’s genius for understanding a new phenomenon when he had only a glimpse of it,” Livingston marveled years later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Is that how geniuses spend their time? Picking up toys and ringing bells?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He had his father’s eyes—that intense, manic fire that made you suspect he was either a genius or a madman. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was dull work, made even duller on the days I was partnered with a fellow named Reggie, an alleged genius unhappy with the course his life had taken. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I often thought he had the mind of a mad genius and the heart of a philosopher. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But he was worried that he might not be enough of a genius to make the connections. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Lucy was struck by lightning in elementary school. It turned her into a math genius.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He was a genius, the Prince. Anyway...without his bezoar tip...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Because genius is nine-tenths perspiration. Haven’t you ever heard that? As soon as you think you’re a genius, you slack off. You think everything you do is so great and everything.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He saw me and a flash of evil genius lit up his dull mind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was just another reason Ashish’s idea to use the song had been so genius. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, why do we have to learn all these big words? Us people with normal brains. Not geniuses like Emma Lee and Philip,” Sue Ellen said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The target was somebody’s locker, and you didn’t have to be a genius to figure out whose. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the statue he made and devoted all his genius to was that of a woman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained, “This boy is a rare genius, proclaimed by all the gentlemen of Boston. He recognize his own breeches, too.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My one friend is a screwup—a genius blessed with the most beautiful girl in the world, and he doesn’t even know it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The measure of his past triumphs was sufficient reason in itself to act differently; only a genius of his stature could play like a ten-year-old boy and still get the right answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“And how you know that? You a genius?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

What good is it being a genius if you can’t help 1 dog? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is Hideo stripped of his fortune and fame and genius. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So were Archimedes and other rare geniuses of ancient times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is like that person you never heard of who wins one of those MacArthur genius awards for creating astonishing success in the most unlikely of settings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Who cares what he looks like? He’s unbelievable. He’s really young too. Only just eighteen or something. He’s a genius, you wait until tonight, you’ll see.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Robert Byrne, watching the match in astonishment, said he couldn’t explain how Bobby, how anyone, could win six games in a row from such a genius of the game as Bent Larsen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I now have a reputation as both a dignified enigma and a genius, but I don’t want people reading Lolita because I wrote it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Burnham was said to be the business genius of his firm, Root the artist. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“My darling genius granddaughter...don’t play dumb with me.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Lori heard about a scholarship sponsored by a literary society for the student who created the best work of art inspired by one of the geniuses of the English language. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you didn’t bring the Asian kid along thinking he’s a computer genius. Because I am not,” Takumi said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"My genius powers are recharging," Max declares as she brushes the crumbs from her lap. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a load of hooey. But I can’t say I’m surprised. If this school was full of geniuses, I’d have a lot more company on the chess team.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Soon the Laughing Man was regularly crossing the Chinese border into Paris, France, where he enjoyed flaunting his high but modest genius in the face of Marcel Dufarge, the internationally famous detective and witty consumptive. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you see the news yesterday? Some eggheads at Warwick College certified him as a genius with an IQ that’s off the charts!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I conceded that two names in one day would be expecting a little too much, even from a left-handed artistic genius like Cade Hernandez. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

You don’t need to be a genius to calculate that I don’t belong here. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We have at least one other genius in the house, eh? But what’ll we do if the janitor sees?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“That was a stroke of genius, Archie. That’s what I thought it was. Let him get beat up by a bunch of kids. Psychological—isn’t that what you’re always talking about?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s position as doyen of the Rad Lab and Teller’s as the indispensable genius of thermonuclear technology made compromise impossible. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I cannot tell whether Miss Ingram was a genius, but she was self-conscious—remarkably self-conscious indeed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Sheer genius. How in the world did you ever think of it?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had an IQ of above 140, which is near genius level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He said it softly, his voice like every part of him I’d ever met—the jerk, the seven-year-old, the genius—and none of them, all at the same time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It's one of the things that stinks about living with a genius. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just fine. You know, your father is a real comical genius.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. You’re the genius of the team. I’m just a poor sucker. Where do we stand?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, was it a bit of genius or a severe case of overthinking that led ye to drop the crown before retreating up the staircase?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, all I even knew about Dante Paul was that his family was from Haiti and he was supposed to be some sort of computer genius. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said nothing of her plan at home, but fell to work next day, much to the disquiet of her mother, who always looked a little anxious when ‘genius took to burning’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing Grace’s daughter ever did and it was genius. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For this aspect of their troubled genius Beethoven and his contemporaries had two irresistible fictional role models: Faust and Prometheus. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In another 2,400 years, even Socrates, the most well-known genius of that century, might be forgotten. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Get it? They match your shirt. But not the genius guy alone on the rock in space with his robots thing, because I told you I thought that was a bit creepy...” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the surface, Atzerodt’s plan is an act of genius, allowing one of the most wanted men in America to hide in plain sight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He believed Root possessed a genius for envisioning a structure quickly, in its entirety. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We might be big and clumsy and stupid like we are now,” she said, “or maybe we’ll get some brains and turn into geniuses or something. How the crawly crud should I know?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Newton’s genius involved defining these terms rigorously and linking them to each other via a nest of equations—thereby launching the science of mechanics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Of course, don’t take no genius to figger out whose baby this be. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you must! I’ve seen it eight times. It’s absolutely pure genius,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Tycho was the greatest observational genius of the age, and Kepler the greatest theoretician. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never became a genius, but Hodel did manage to become infamous: he was quite probably a serial killer. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After a moment I said, “Real geniuses never think they’re geniuses.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“See, genius isn’t all about intelligence,” he explained. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She would see him as she had in the beginning: as a genius. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that it wasn’t genius, but something far more common. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We live very much by routine, and I—I have developed a genius for reading aloud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

From the first day of their meeting the old man clung to him like an evil genius. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A large part of Pocock’s genius as a boatbuilder was that he managed to excel both as a maker of machines and as an artist. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A snake killer, an Archduke, a slayer of TOCs—a genius, even. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Fact: my Harrison imitation is utter and complete genius. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take a genius to realize that Isaac was lost to the schools, that Miig was alone and heartbroken. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Hubert might be a genius, but he was also a jerk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Cuvier was already dazzling people with his genius for taking heaps of disarticulated bones and whipping them into shapely forms. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There’s no need to hide my genius in language arts class because I’m not a genius in language arts class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering the guys’ recent suspicions, it did not take a genius to figure out that the purpose of the visit had to do with a certain feathered roommate. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“So, Sergio, I hear you are some kind of math genius.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius! I can’t play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn’t go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he really needed the gunpowder or perhaps because he had to stay on friendly terms with Morris, the financial genius of the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom had become some sort of genius double agent since she hooked up with Richie. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I calculate this will be easier to achieve without being a freaky genius. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Did the teacher look at Vincent’s work and recognize his genius? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“All of this was elementary stuff at Los Alamos,” he recalled, “but they had never heard of any of it, so I appeared to be a tremendous genius to them.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By no stretch of the imagination or of standards of genius,” Sorokin concluded, “is the ‘gifted group’ as a whole gifted.’ Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe my school's a great place if you're a show-off genius or a soccer god or something. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day he reappeared and founded the Institute, apparently having turned his genius to matters of education. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't take a genius to know who he was tracking. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“So,” she went on, “you're a genius at making words out of other words, but you can't make new words out of thin air.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"Yes, a genius," she says with a sigh. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I should mention, my sister is a genius, but socially—definitely not a genius. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As a child I'd always harbored a sneaking suspicion that I might be a genius. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He would impress Katherine XIX—she had always loved the idea of him being a genius—and he would make the world safer for Dumpees everywhere. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“He’s something of a genius. He has a Punjabi mother and a Bengali father, and because he learns French and English at school he already speaks four languages. I think he skipped two grades.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The phrase subtly alludes to another meditation on unrealized genius, “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,” from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She’d become a genius at turning any and every little thing into a way to talk about Panamá. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Hey, where can we get that packaged naan? Your pizza idea is genius. My mom’s working when I get home from school. I can never find anything good to snack on.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A man who could read was considered a genius. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She knew this was unrealistic, but she was also a grandmother—and part of her hoped her only granddaughter was a genius in the making. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That was the genius of Sesame Street, that through the brilliance of its writing and the warmth and charisma of the Muppets it managed to overcome what might otherwise have been overwhelming obstacles. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him tell Cudn Hope that the postcards were “a stroke of genius.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take much of a genius to see there was some kind of trouble ahead. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there were moments when, against all reason, I thought I might be a genius. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Has Calvin told you about the robot? It’s a mathematical genius. Really remarkable.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I thought MoMo was the man before, but now I was realizing that he was a party genius. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s a genius, that boy. He could be a translator for the UN if he wanted to be.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm not a genius. I'm an epileptic. That's all I am." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Only a genius could have deduced as much.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At first my mother tried to cultivate some hidden genius in me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you tell the principal that I’m a genius?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Master Wheatley looked the fool for keeping a poetical genius enslaved in his household. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would a real genius have given away every cent of our money like that?” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Think one of these geniuses will be able to move them?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had read A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie and, like everyone, I thought Williams was a genius. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Surely, Keith, the genius, the man who never ran afoul of anything, couldn’t possibly have been the passenger in a fatal wreck. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nadia said, "I shall. She will get the part, and they will consider themselves lucky, which they should, because Ginger is a genius." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a genius! Best wizard in the world! But he is a bit mad, yes. Potatoes, Harry?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take a math genius to calculate that his speed and time combined meant he’d run roughly half a marathon by the time he returned to the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Kind of a comical genius,” his companion said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But, alas, like that of so many great artists in history, Shirley’s genius went unrecognized. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well, I hate to argue with a Bussian genius, but Tolstoy didn’t know Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hairwoman: “This is Hawthorne, one of the greatest American novelists! He didn’t do anything by accident—he was a genius.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She waves her hand in the air as if I should know what a typical genius activity is. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His teachers think he may be a bona fide math genius. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As a sociologist, Colin's dad studied people, and he had a theory on how to transform a prodigy into a grown-up genius. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But this does not mean that science has progressed as a result of the work of a string of irreplaceable geniuses possessed of a special insight into how the world works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Certain that he was a genius, she treated the little boy as if he were an adult. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I said maybe it was a tiny little genius idea. That’s all I said.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He has become the public face of genius in American life, a celebrity outlier. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Although Amaranta Úrsula did not lose her good humor or her genius for erotic mischief, she acquired the habit of sitting on the porch after lunch in a kind of wakeful and thoughtful siesta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but this genius is in my math class,” Patrick said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The future will erase everything—there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Apparently, they just sit around watching really boring documentaries that only geniuses would find entertaining. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And he is the one who will know what to do with them, to show Vincent's genius to the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Matilda, so far as I can gather at this early stage, is also a kind of mathematical genius. She can multiply complicated figures in her head like lightning." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like those evil geniuses who suddenly figure out a plan to conquer the world and can already imagine earth’s population quivering in their grasp. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Vinny was truly genius at being awful while looking incredibly nice. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Confronted by the most vital intellectual currents of the time, his genius was immediately recognized by his teachers—one of whom introduced the young man to the dangerous mysteries of the Co- pernican hypothesis. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Cameron isn’t the final judge. Mr. Lemoncello is. And since he’s a genius, he will definitely pick the essays you guys all wrote.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He smiled when I told him I use to be a genius. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His smile could be magically disarming but his head was crowded with practicality and genius. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“And tell him what? That Freud was a genius? That I hate experimental psychology? You know what he once said in class?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She said to Ethan, "If I do have Ginger try out, she will get the part. Ginger is a genius." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Easy for a genius to use the dictionary, since he already knows how to spell the words. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s paradoxical that an ordinary man like Nemur presumes to devote himself to making other people geniuses. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would be even funnier to see Algernon escape from his cage, and to see all these people scattering and crawling around on their hands and knees trying to retrieve a small, white, scurrying genius. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry, too, was said to be wealthy; what’s more, he was a linguistic genius. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The genius of the current caste system, and what most distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it appears voluntary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Not just a chess genius but a genius in other things as well.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandfather replied, "I have no doubt about that. After all, Ginger is a genius. And we're going to see her tomorrow night. We're all going. We’re going with your mother." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Haskell was perfectly capable of convincing himself that he was the genius making the Dregs prosper, especially if one of his cronies was whispering in his ear. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Frankly, I think you are greatly talented and would not even be slightly startled if you developed into a genius before many years have gone by. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Johnson griped, “That military genius, McNamara, has gone dovish on me.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The feebleminded and the man of genius should not be equal before the law,” he wrote. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You guys have been geniuses since kindergarten. You were born smart.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He is genius. In front of visitors only he’s quiet.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook Saget’s hand firmly and was finished—exiting on top as, we like to think, geniuses invariably do. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The story of Bill Joy’s genius has been told many times, and the lesson is always the same. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he gives every good writer something to struggle with and try to work out by writing it down. That’s genius.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I never meant to cheat off Abigail. I was trying to cheat off Noah. How was I supposed to know he puts down the wrong answers on purpose? I thought he was this big genius.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

In this chapter, I want to try to dig deeper into why that’s the case by looking at the outlier in its purest and most distilled form—the genius. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t try to be a genius and maybe you’ll end up being one by accident,” I said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Even in a city of geniuses, Feynman’s brain stood out. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, turns out there are other true geniuses! Because one of them must have made that work of art down there.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Kaitlyn, I love you. You are a genius. I have to go.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The essence of Darwin’s disruptive genius was his ability to think about nature not as fact—but as process, as progression, as history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He is a genius, a star athlete, and is always doing something wonderful and/or record setting. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Roman genius, and perhaps the Roman flaw,” he said, “was an obsession with order. One sees it in their architecture, their literature, their laws—this fierce denial of darkness, unreason, chaos.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You got this, genius,” Uncle Paul says as we get out of the car. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The article claimed Mr. Freeman is a gifted genius who has devoted his life to education. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

"So what? The woman was lonely and wanted some attention, so she did something about it. And quite creatively, too. Those painted crutches are a touch of genius." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer and Langan might both be geniuses, but in other ways, they could not be more different. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr, two geniuses, dying on the same day. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Moore is becoming our official modern genius mainly because he gets a massive legup from a foundation that works assiduously to preserve his memory. Henry Moore has carved out a bigger reputation than he deserves 2012-12-12T14:43:57Z

Ms. Diller herself has been named one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People,” and she won a MacArthur genius grant with her husband. Practicing Architecture in a Pandemic 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

What other city’s cops possess the necessary creative genius to file for, and receive, 31.5 hours of overtime pay for protecting and serving the public in a single, 24-hour period? Seattle Police Department gives entirely new meaning to ‘overtime’ 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

In terms of drama and characterisation David Bowie put his genius into his music, not his movie work, although his film career was as imaginative, daring and eclectic as everything else about him. Bowie the film star: imaginative, daring and endlessly charismatic 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

It’s yet another demonstration of Porter’s lyrical genius, and it’s paired here with Ellis’s and Carlyle’s understanding of how to infuse the material with old-school Broadway savvy. Review | On Broadway, I just saw my first ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ It was worth the wait. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

It ended happily for all because Susanna Clarke is a genius. How Karen Joy Fowler’s Grandfather Lied His Way Into a Who’s Who 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

At the Morgan you can see an autographed manuscript of Pope’s “Epistle to the Earl of Burlington,” which coined an excellent phrase for tasteful landscaping: respecting the “genius of place.” Art Review: At Morgan Library, Glories of Nature, Tamed by Man 2010-06-03T21:31:00Z

Photograph: Goebel/EPA Over the last few days, I have spent a lot of time trying to convince friends and colleagues of the rare genius of Loriot, the German comedian who died on Monday. Why Loriot gets lost in translation 2011-08-25T14:45:25Z

She becomes very adoring of an eccentric genius named Frederic, and he teaches her to write code, in which the book dabbles only cursorily. ‘Amnesia,’ Peter Carey’s New Novel 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

The Beatles' narrative is a true story, mottled by moments of greatness and pure genius, to be sure, but also by sadness of the highest order. In Olivia Harrison's elegant "Came the Lightening," poems on her life, and husband George Harrison 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s a distillation of everything “BoJack Horseman” does right: A genius articulation of misery that’s never more than a few seconds from a 10/10 joke, and an experiment in form and structure. The Most Memorable TV Episodes of 2018 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

“That is the genius of Persian calligraphy. . . . The text doesn’t matter, finally.” Persian calligraphy takes flight

Fortunately, this young genius is played by a gifted amateur, and “Jeopardy”-certified real genius, Thomas Horn. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z

Of the 24 MacArthur "genius grant" fellowship recipients named Tuesday, three are primarily authors. New MacArthur 'genius grant' recipients include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ben Lerner, Ellen Bryant Voigt 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

“By studying her archive, it elevates all of the women performers who sang other people’s materials but really brought a lot of genius to the way they animated those songs,” Wood said. Lesley Gore’s Archive, Open to All, Arrives at the New York Public Library 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

Paul Abbott is a proper genius, who could make drama out of the slightest interchange, and yet has never let his subtlety ward him away from large conflict. TV review: Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: 17th Century History for Girls; Hit & Miss 2012-05-22T22:00:01Z

“People already think I’m an egotist, and putting the Apple logo up there with all these geniuses will get me skewered by the press.” Michael Fassbender on playing Steve Jobs: 'Was he flawed? Yeah! We all are' 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

But I’m in no position to critique the geniuses that have written eight seasons’ worth of wonderful stuff. Daenerys Tells All! 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

As he did with so much of Kafka’s work, Brod, certain of his friend’s genius, published them anyway. The Kafka You Never Knew 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

The genius who helped win the war no longer had what the White House or Pentagon wanted. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z

Whoever did the casting for this series must be a genius. Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

This is what happens if you shut a genius up on the Yorkshire moors instead of letting a West London TV exec loose on the laptop. Erotica: better reads than Fifty Shades of Grey 2012-05-29T19:30:02Z

Ms. Pessl seems to take it as a given that this book, like its absent genius, warrants fascination. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z

There was comic genius in the 1995 film The Brady Bunch Movie, which had the brilliant conceit of maintaining the characters’ 1970s fashions, behaviour and vocabulary in the 1990s world. Rise of the reboots gives new life to Rocky and Ghostbusters 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z

Or is the real subject not God but Beethoven, a revelation of the wonder of his genius? L.A. Phil gets theatrical with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Odets’s genius is how vibrant his message remains. Theater Review: Odets’s ‘Awake and Sing!’ Family Is Alive in TriBeCa 2013-08-30T23:21:35Z

It would fall to David — the “author of the ‘Brutus’ and the ‘Horatii,’” another Jacobin intoned, “that French patriot whose genius anticipated the Revolution” — to immortalize what happened next. The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Among the most celebrated poets of his time, Mr. Kinnell won the Pulitzer and National Book Award for his 1982 collection “Selected Poems” and later received a MacArthur fellowship, commonly called a “genius grant.” Galway Kinnell, who won Pulitzer Prize for poetry, dies at 87

Want evidence of Ray Davies' genius as a songwriter? Throwbacks: Reissues by ABBA, Bedhead, JB's, Kinks, Paramount, more 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Two of this year's list, the Otolith Group and Dalwood, are in my opinion duds – as far from genius as it is possible to get. A half-baked Turner shortlist 2010-05-04T11:05:00Z

It remains a paradox that the composer of a work of genius like West Side Story should have plummeted so low while aiming so ambitiously high. Bernstein's Mass 2010-07-12T21:45:00Z

“Glenn Gould was a genius because he could watch 12 movies at the same time, and that’s why he plays Bach so well,” said Milad.  Afghanistan National Institute of Music Students to Tour U.S. 2013-02-01T21:18:01Z

To us, Miles was the great genius, and we didn't want to get in his way. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z

The Zombies: Here’s hoping the Zombies plays all of “Odyssey and Oracle,” aka the other “Pet Sounds,” a genius pop album from 1968. 10 musical acts not to miss at Bumbershoot 2013 2013-08-27T20:08:33Z

His genius in writing about counter-insurgency was to point out essentially that we use the journalists to control perception, because perception is more important than reality. Oliver Stone tackles modern history in new series 2012-11-21T21:52:08Z

She also took her husband to task because he “wasted my youth, my beauty, my strength, my genius.” In the Papers of Yiddish Novelist Chaim Grade, Clues to His Lesser Fame 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

The father-daughter conflict arises from their differing passions — music and sports — and Ives was a gifted amateur athlete and a composer of genius. Theater Review: Rattlestick Stages New ‘Charles Ives Take Me Home’ 2013-06-14T02:00:02Z

Despite the frontier setting, there is something eerily contemporary about Harvey’s portrait of a real estate huckster with monarchic ambitions, a creative relationship to debt and a genius for mass media. Meet the Man Who Spun the Media, Scammed Followers and Named Himself King 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

To complicate the kinship network, and to prevent a potentially dangerous outbreak of understatement, Aldo has a son, Paolo, who fancies himself a fashion genius and who is played by Jared Leto. ‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

But Saturday’s two best songs were ones she’d written with Natalie Hemby, “White Liar” and “Only Prettier,” both of which position Ms. Lambert, or her persona, as a genius of revenge. Music Review: Miranda Lambert Brings ?Four the Record? to the Izod Center 2012-01-29T20:55:25Z

The genius of this book is what’s left unsaid, the deceptively simple nuance with which this difficult material is handled. Review | ‘My Dark Vanessa’ is being described as ‘Lolita’ for the #MeToo era. It’s more than that. 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

It is a swooning, sometimes madcap look at Babitz, “the louche, wayward, headlong, hidden genius of Los Angeles” who has in recent years become something of a feminist icon. Review | A new look at Eve Babitz: Artist, provocateur and unlikely feminist icon 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

Its goal was to downplay art’s status as an awe-inspiring, highly valuable commodity produced by an artistic genius and destined to sit, remote and untouchable, in a hushed museum. This Jewish Museum Is Giving Away Art. You Get What You Pay For. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

At the same time I'm going to say, "Please stick with me while I talk to you for 400 pages straight. I have that much genius to give you." Harlan Coben on why even bestselling authors get those self-loathing writer blues 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Do these accolades cross the threshold for genius? Jonah Lehrer throws it all away 2012-07-31T12:00:00Z

But so many stories surround James’s life and work that part of his mission was trying to “pin down all the myths” and understand the mystique of his genius. Technology Brings the Designs of Charles James to Life 2014-04-30T22:11:48Z

Sometimes you have to squint to detect prophetic flickers of genius in the early works of great artists. Theater Review: O?Neill?s ?Beyond the Horizon? at Irish Repertory Theater 2012-02-27T03:01:00Z

The same can be said for "Scorpion," CBS' ensemble drama about an offbeat team of geniuses. Broadcast networks encouraged by better than expected ratings 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

He compared the director’s artistry with that of other Spanish creative geniuses of the past, Federica García Lorca and Salvador Dali. Antonio Banderas: I had to kill my old self for Almodóvar role 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

“It’s devoid of the particularities of personality… It is a kind of genius, in a way, to pick the things that almost everyone could recognize in their lives.” Instapoet Rupi Kaur may be controversial, but fans and book sales are on her side 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Yes, there are archival recordings; yes, knowledgeable people speak reverently about the otherwise forgotten geniuses of the genre; yes, contemporary artists like Béla Fleck are present as the modern-day torchbearers. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

When you watch and hear an opera you are experiencing the distillation of hundreds of thousands of hours of work, and the creative genius of a large group of people. It's not elitist to dress up for the opera 2012-10-04T09:48:12Z

“Above all, I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible,” he says. The Seductive Enthusiasm of Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Doctorow has died: http://t.co/5Dlr3MH73m Thelonius Monk said: "A genius is most like himself." What E.L. Doctorow meant to President Obama, fellow authors 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Hanif Kureishi's "The Last Word" suffers from the genius problem: To create a believable virtuoso, the character's brilliance must light up the page. Hanif Kureishi's 'The Last Word' lacks a certain sense of voice 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Nor was he a theatrical genius like his brother, Wieland, who died in 1966. Bayreuth's King Lear | Martin Kettle 2010-03-23T09:30:00Z

The past is something better revisited with a joke than with an attempt to measure up to earlier glories, even for a genius like McCartney. The fullest biography of Paul McCartney ever 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

“Astaire has that same concentration of genius; there is so much of the dance in him that it has been distilled.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z

But to those who get it, which includes those interested in the cutting edge of experimental comedy, he's nothing less than a genius. This week's new comedy 2011-02-05T00:05:43Z

The 1966 television special version combined the geniuses of the director Chuck Jones and the voice actor Boris Karloff with that of Dr. Seuss, and yielded a still-delightful half-hour of entertainment. ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ Review: Pointy-Headed and Pointless 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Mohamed, fully committed to the bit, allows you to believe that Elle is both a courageous genius and a complete nut. ‘Flux Gourmet’ Review: Mastering the Art of Fringe Cooking 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

This reminds us that Miller always identified himself closely with that strange young genius who also found "the disorder of his mind sacred." From the archive, 1 October 1965: 'I am somebody', Henry Miller says 2012-10-01T06:30:00Z

The two homes were connected by a third floor bridge, which, even then, struck me as genius. My boyfriend lives in a dumpster 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

COLUMBUS, Ohio — He received a MacArthur “genius” grant in September. How Hanif Abdurraqib Cuts Through the Noise 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

Mr. Formichetti’s show was not a work of genius, but it was a show about genius in the present moment — its limits, its futility. At Mugler, Genius and Its Limits 2011-03-23T22:23:43Z

There are, of course, precedents for literary skill and even genius coexisting with ignorance in other areas. This is your brain on murder: What the mind of a psychopath looks like 2014-03-09T18:30:00Z

“I don’t think anything interests him except creativity. He’s a real acting genius. The only other one who comes to mind is Laurence Olivier.” Al Pacino was nearly fired from ‘The Godfather.’ The rest is history. 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Which “genius” actor, comedian, director or producer are they protecting now, and at what human cost? Perspective | Harvey Weinstein and the dark side of Hollywood’s talent-worship 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Imagine the number of geniuses that we can raise just by having the right technology in schools? | Swizz Beatz 2012-10-16T20:06:50Z

It may not be modern but it’s powerful in its genius loci. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z

As Eck writes in her conclusion: "The affirmation of the everywhere of the sacred – this is the peculiar genius of the theology given expression in the landscape of India." India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z

A newspaper in Derby recently challenged the city council, which owns paintings by the British genius Joseph Wright of Derby, to sell them off as an alternative to cutting services. Frieze Masters: a window to a secret world 2012-10-10T16:34:12Z

Perhaps there's still hope: As of Monday, her Twitter bio still includes the declaration, "Actress, mom, wife of the amazing, brilliant, genius @RobinThicke!" Robin Thicke: At BET Awards, another public appeal to Paula Patton 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Shirley is a demonic genius, and also the modern incarnation of a Victorian madwoman. ‘Shirley’ Review: A Writer as Scary as Her Stories 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Jack also remembered him as "a wickedly funny man" whose "passion, genius and sense of humour will be terribly missed by his family and friends". Bond composer Barry dies aged 77 2011-01-31T13:19:53Z

By placing Strayhorn’s papers at the Library of Congress, rather than at the nearby Smithsonian Institution, which houses Ellington’s papers, the estate is making a symbolic point about Strayhorn’s stand-alone genius. Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

“He’s just the musical genius of this generation,” she says. Vanessa Hudgens: ‘I always wanted to be the indie girl playing a drug addict or stripper’ 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Herbert is the opposite of the man his daughter married, who may be a genius in the usual ways but shows himself to be an ignoramus when it comes to basic human interaction. Dark comedy "Made for Love" is HBO Max's "Black Mirror"-lite tale of bad romance turned sociopathic 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Throughout the day he is described variously by his colleagues as a "mastermind", a "genius" and "on another level". Meet Kanye West's newest stars: Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Common and Pusha T 2012-09-28T12:00:00Z

Just yesterday I was having a Twitter argument with my friend David Simon, the erudite creator of “The Wire,” a recipient of the MacArthur “genius” grant. Gene Weingarten: Admit it. You don’t know what ‘epistemological’ means either. 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

“No, no, I don’t really feel like a genius,” Mr. Núñez said. Critic's Notebook: Classical Music?s ?Genius? Grant Recipients Pause to Reflect 2011-10-03T15:54:59Z

I'm a genius' All today's stories Last 24 hours 1. Is France right to ban the burka in public? | Debate 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z

Not much can go haywire with fireworks that somebody won’t deem a stroke of genius. The Pyro-American in Me 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z

Continually discovering answers to that question helped her sort through a vast trove of articles, books, magazines, thrifted vinyl and online content to discover what she defines as "genius" moments. Capturing how Aretha Franklin could "alchemize her pain into sonic gold" 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post even wrote a hilarious fake movie script that incorporates all the tropes of movies about geniuses. Blame Male Geniuses for Hollywood's Diversity Problem 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

I don’t like to suggest misrepresentation on anyone’s part, but if what he played was truly a spontaneous creation with no forethought, he is a musical genius such as we’ve never seen. NSO lineup is all-American, from composers to featured artists 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Mead writes admiringly, even affectionately of Eliot, her genius and intellectual zest, her compassion. ‘My Life in Middlemarch’: looking through a novel’s lens 2014-02-12T20:11:16Z

During a chat interrupted by occasional barks, he discussed genius, paranoia and the pros and cons of going prematurely gray. In ‘Next,’ a ‘Mad Men’ Star Gets Madder 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

It’s also a book about a sympathetic and complicated genius you’d die to spend time with. Diderot Was Way Ahead of His Time — and He Knew It 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

Not that it's totally insular – they also celebrate the very British Look Around You and hail a clip of Ronnie Corbett from his The One Ronnie Christmas show as pun-filled genius. Internet picks of the week 2011-01-08T00:06:21Z

Now, in the 100th year of his birth, Dena Kaye is determined to help a new generation discover the genius, and the generosity, of her father, who died in 1987 at age 74. Kaye's daughter Dena seeks to spread his legacy 2013-03-29T14:21:09Z

From such a premise a composer of genius ought to be able to spin lasting magic. Another Tale, or Two, Of That Operatic Figaro 2011-06-03T18:19:59Z

Da Vinci's paintings were the product of his imagination and his genius as an artist, but his works are still "products." Review: ‘Doctor Strange’ and His Most Excellent Adventure 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

It’s difficult to judge something that’s trying to mock something inept; is its own ineptness sheer genius or just ineptness? | 'Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives': Seeking Vengeance in High Heels 2010-10-15T02:11:00Z

Noel Gallagher is to collect the other honorary title, the godlike genius award. Pulp to be honoured at NME awards 2012-02-07T07:27:04Z

This is the time to look at the man's genius. Lee's 'love letter' to Jackson 2012-09-19T00:12:21Z

Unfortunately, the engraver misspelled the name of this neglected genius. The Hogarth of Soweto: Ephraim Ngatane 2010-03-19T14:11:00Z

But perhaps you have to be, to be a genius. TV review: David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust 2012-06-23T07:31:01Z

It’s hard to remember, but there was a time when comic genius almost always meant crazy, and even the most popular television comedians were often insecure, angry loners — or addicts — offstage, and sometimes on it. The TV Watch: Seth Meyers Takes Over as Host, With Ease 2014-02-25T17:59:16Z

This show, he explained, will give visitors a taste of Leonardo’s genius as a thinker and a draftsman. Frick Collection Acquires Murillo Self-Portrait 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

His affairs with singers don’t endear him to us, but his instability isn’t simply a character flaw and may be inseparable from his manic genius. 'Beautiful' makes a fetching Los Angeles debut at the Pantages 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Rightly or wrongly, artists have long been held to their own moral code; creative genius has excused a multitude of sins. The Carpetbagger: The Woody Allen Debate 2014-02-05T13:30:26Z

And sentence by sentence, DeLillo magically slips the knot of criticism and gives his readers what Nabokov maintained was all that mattered in life and art: individual genius. Joshua Ferris Reviews Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K’ 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

As with the Pledge of Allegiance, all schoolchildren are compelled to formally acknowledge that Bob Dylan is the greatest genius who ever lived before they are allowed to listen to anything by Lil Nas X. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: No, I’m not too old to run for president 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

While there’s no doubt that Pharrell is a creative genius with an undeniably brilliant career, he has yet to put out an essential album that he can call entirely his own. 14 Albums To Look Forward To In 2014 2014-01-09T17:15:53Z

But “A Line of Beauty” is an appreciation and embodiment of his genius. Karl and Anna, a Love Story in Clothes 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

In a newspaper report on the contest, Ricci was described as "a youthful genius". US violinist Ruggiero Ricci dies 2012-08-06T14:21:46Z

Along with the specifics of their genius, “The Dumb Girl of Portici” is a welcome reminder that the history of cinema still belongs to the future. A Great Ballerina’s Explosive Movie Performance 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

“With David’s life’s work becoming part of the UK’s national collections, he takes his rightful place amongst many other cultural icons and artistic geniuses,” the estate said in a statement. 80,000 items from rock legend David Bowie to go on display in London 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

The work reveals Dragonetti’s compositional proficiency and imagination but lacks any flash of genius or profundity to elevate it beyond the quotidian. Music Review: Dusting Off the Real Dragonetti Concerto 2010-10-05T21:15:00Z

Now, five years after the band’s last recording, Chris Collingwood has gone solo, and while his new album shares the group’s melodic genius, it’s darker and less chipper. Life after Fountains of Wayne: “I don’t find myself listening to power-pop music at all” 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

This former writer of Sid’s is a comic genius and a true icon to me. Why Did I Become a Comic? He Inspired Me 2014-02-14T22:56:33Z

Evan Cross is a billionaire techno genius, haunted by personal tragedy, who has dedicated his life to investigating space-time anomalies and protecting the public from the dangerous prehistoric and futuristic beasties swept into our world. 10 summer TV shows worth watching 2013-05-31T22:38:09Z

Bob Dylan is genius, Miles Davis is genius, Vermeer’s a genius. Penn Jillette: I didn’t want to be a stereotypical Hollywood liberal 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Lin and DerHohannesian both possess superb virtual marksmanship, but that is the departure point for their genius. Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z

Partner Albert Hadley was stunned by the young man’s genius and took him under his wing. See William P. Sullivan's Beautiful Designs 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Vector has become an evil genius in an attempt to please his father. Despicable Me Review: It's Pickable! 2010-07-09T09:05:00Z

“This is my studio. I work lying down,” he explains in a deliberately mundane video footage of the genius at work that’s interspersed with the song. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim

This time around, the requisite earth-shattering secret is a discovery made by Edmond Kirsch, a computer genius with a flair for dramatic presentations and infinite delays. Review | Attention, Tom Hanks: Dan Brown’s new novel, ‘Origin,’ is ready for you 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

Like Salinger, Rothstein has abandoned the literary world early enough to be proclaimed a reclusive genius and retreated to a small town in New Hampshire. Review: Stephen King Leaps Through Time in ‘Finders Keepers’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

The genius of this play is that Albee charts every stage of intoxication. Playing drunk: Now, what was I shaying? 2011-03-23T21:31:10Z

There is an old film of Picasso at work where the constant reworking of images reveals a restless, fertile mind, and with it, a glimpse of his genius. Ecological gardens are all the rage. But they also need to be pleasing to the eye. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

But since the financial crisis he has been elevated to the status of a global-recession celebrity, drawing crowds of adoring followers who revere him as an intellectual genius. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z

There's a kind of genius about this whether you like it or not. Mar-a-Lago: Where Donald Trump learned to be king 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

It doesn't take a genius to see that dogs are huge right now. Tails of stardom: how dogs are making it big in film 2012-07-19T13:18:29Z

I only ask because after he got fired, you and your castmates were pretty vocal about what a comic genius he is, and how he’s such an integral part of the show. Joel McHale on Reality Shows, Community, and Telling Costar Chevy Chase to "Soak Your Dentures" 2012-10-05T12:00:33Z

Instead they choose the staider route of depicting how innocent and legitimate this enterprise seemed to its participants – many of them intelligent, highly successful people attracted to Raniere's and illusion of combined genius. Beyond sex trafficking and sashes, HBO's chilling NXIVM docuseries "The Vow" proves a cult's power 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

It’s about time that a little credit is given to his incredible wife, who absolutely played a vital role in contributing to his genius. Hitchcock Filmmaker Sacha Gervasi on the Great Director’s Life, Genius and Grocery Bills 2012-11-14T13:00:44Z

It takes a genius mind to be that silly. 2010-01-22T19:33:00Z

Chabrol's genius is that the pair's strangeness falls entirely within the realms of acceptable – if odd – behaviour, while inching towards an unholy finish. La C?r?monie: No 16 2010-10-17T10:40:00Z

The drummer Paul Motian is a genius when it comes to nudging band mates out on that tightrope; he has the Zen touch and a mischief maker’s nerve. Playlist: Making Mischief Along With the Melodies 2010-02-27T03:47:00Z

Then I had this discussion with Sarah Dunn, the creator of “American Housewife,” who said the trick to writing is accepting that you’re not a genius. Scandalized by Ali Wong’s Stand-Up? Brace Yourself for Her Book 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

The Bobby Fischer v Boris Spassky tournament gripped the world in 1972 A documentary on the life of chess genius Bobby Fischer opens in cinemas this week. Child prodigy 2011-07-15T01:11:11Z

Here are the two sides of the myth: the obscure martyr unsoiled by commercial success; and the unbridled genius who can’t help but have it all. Why Is a Day Job Seen as the Mark of an Artist’s Failure? 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Her genius for baking isn't the only thing that sets her apart — her kindness and considerateness are standout qualities as well — but it's the one thing that keeps her from giving up on her future. 'Waitress' serves up a slice of star power in Jessie Mueller 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

“Before Salutati, humanism was a movement consisting of scattered geniuses without a center,” Professor Witt told the reference work Contemporary Authors. Ronald G. Witt, Who Gave the Renaissance a New Birthdate, Dies at 84 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

And touching, at the same time, because Gwendoline is a comic genius. Jane Campion on 'Top of the Lake,' Fertility and Sex Work 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

The world woke up to the show's genius last summer, and the prospect of a new series is guaranteed to induce squeals of delight in both middle England and metropolitan Britain. Behind the scenes at The Great British Bake Off 2013-07-20T18:00:00Z

Which was greater, Millet’s influence, or his genius? Perspective | A great artist’s life was interrupted by internment. Now an exhibition of his work is interrupted by a virus. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

The populists have shown a genius for taking worries that contain a nugget of truth—such as that unrestricted immigration is destabilising—and turning them into vote-winning platforms. A perfectly timed book on populism 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

A companion volume to “The Passenger,” which was released in October, this novel focuses on Alicia Western, a mathematics genius at an inpatient psychiatric center. 8 Books Coming in December 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

And what my genius of a world history teacher had told me was beyond true. Defending that "Oppenheimer" sex scene as a Hindu woman who delved into my religion's sacred truths 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

Maybe I missed the pivotal 90 seconds in The Chronicles of Riddick where the true genius of the film becomes apparent. I missed a crucial moment in Jurassic World. Have I misjudged every movie? | Joe Queenan 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

It’s too easy for us to say that the people who liked Wölfl were stupid, that they didn’t recognize the genius of Beethoven. Celebrating Beethoven’s Birthday by Not Playing Beethoven 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

“Their genius was to answer the political challenges of their own moment decisively,” he writes, “to allow for considerable latitude within which future generations could make their own decisions.” Moral of the story 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

But one place he regularly hung his hat was the Brook Street flat he shared with girlfriend Kathy Etchington, next door to the former residence of another musical genius, the 18th-century composer George Frideric Handel. This week's new exhibitions 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

Bowie plays the maverick scientific genius Nikola Tesla, a pioneer in the field of electricity, who is suspected of creating occult magic. Bowie the film star: imaginative, daring and endlessly charismatic 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

But it made the adaptation of Pete Dexter's superlative novel The Paperboy look like a work of genius. So that was the Cannes film festival... 2012-05-28T11:56:03Z

MacArthur “genius” award winner Kerry James Marshall’s drawing of a no-nonsense woman now hangs over a chair made of dominoes in a room with a black baby grand piano. Six years after the fire, Peggy Cooper Cafritz has a new home and collection 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

In the mid-1950s he developed a smoldering ultramarine pigment that in a stroke of branding genius, he patented and named International Klein Blue. Art Review: ?Yves Klein,? Retrospective at Hirschorn Museum 2010-06-03T21:58:00Z

But the ultimate survivor was Bach himself, considered something of a fuddy-duddy by his clever, forward-looking sons and deemed a peerless, timeless genius by the 21st century. Critic’s Notebook: Bach at One and Pipes at One at Trinity’s St. Paul’s Chapel 2012-10-07T20:05:50Z

They return to type this Christmas, but with a wrinkle: This time, these idiots happen to be geniuses. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly on ‘Holmes & Watson’ and ‘Step Brothers’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

"With involved sentences, musings over moods and manners, and whatnot, the book is significant only for those anointed few who find Proust the genius of the age," our reviewer scoffed. Happy birthday Marcel Proust! 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The very idea that greatness or genius is naturally only assigned to white men is tired and rooted in so much of our society's ills and hatred towards women and minorities. The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z

Ms. Cooper is also excellent as Mya, who may not be a math genius like her boyfriend, but knows that something about his sudden ascension doesn’t quite add up. ‘Bastards of Strindberg,’ Four Short Plays at the Lion 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

He was also a musical genius and a good friend to many. Frank Sidebottom creator Chris Sievey dies aged 54 2010-06-21T18:51:00Z

It was such a startling performance that other odd geniuses, such as Van Gogh and Holmes, have since come his way. Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z

Dorian Lynskey's blog about artists whose song titles are works of parodic genius in themselves certainly took off this week – why not add your own favourites to the list? Sleeve Notes: How to write a World Cup anthem 2010-06-11T14:05:00Z

Yet for all his genius, Mr. Galliano refuses to click on the modern world’s reset button or drag his icons to a new place. 2010-01-26T04:40:00Z

But his genius — the ability to divine formulas seemingly from thin air that, a century later, are informing computer development, economics and the study of black holes — has long captivated academics and artists alike. A Math Biopic, With Dev Patel, Applies a Different Calculus 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

The play’s genius lies especially in the way it aligns harrowing reflection on injustice with the “Waiting for Godot” template, to sobering effect. Review | Studio’s blazing ‘Pass Over’ reimagines ‘Godot’ for the Black Lives Matter era 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

The director's trickster genius is shared by the main characters; each is supremely adept and understandably suspicious of the others, any one of whom could be the evil mastermind. 'Detective Dee': A Masterpiece from a Hong Kong Cinema Swami 2011-09-01T05:10:00Z

I’ll remember him for his comic genius, his big blue eyes and the loveliness of his whole being. Gene Wilder remembered by Kelly Le Brock 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

A fashion blogger’s hack for tucking a chunky sweater over a skirt is such a genius move, you may never dress the same way again. Blogger's hack for tucking sweater into skirts stuns: 'You're a fashion sorceress' 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

To those that "get" her, Anderson is unquestionably a genius; one of the greatest musicians and performance artists of our age. Landfall - review 2013-03-03T02:23:23Z

I love the title, too — it’s sort of genius. Kim Gordon: By the Book 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Although I didn’t connect to his music the way many of my peers did, it’s impossible to listen to his music and not hear his genius. Celebrity deaths and the “problematic fave”: Enough with the moral tug-of-war between “hero” and “villain” legacies 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

And what happens to these genius children when they grow up? From IQ tests and sperm banks to "The Queen’s Gambit": a history of gifted children 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

But it was the entrees that really showed off the restaurant’s genius at combining quality ingredients in creative ways. Bites: Restaurant Review: The Corson Building in Seattle 2010-10-15T19:26:00Z

Moreau is a misunderstood genius, of course: Lesser beings simply lack the vision to evolve and the will to rise above petty human distractions like pain. ‘Dr. Moreau’ delivers the blood, but not so much guts, at Synetic

Whether Fincher thought he was or not, he did repeat some wisdom that his father had once dropped on him: “Learn your craft — it will never stop you from being a genius.” David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z

The British historian Arnold J. Toynbee once wrote that never was there a crop of genius such as was produced here in the colonial era. Virginia’s Lost History 2012-11-22T18:48:32Z

One intelligence officer described him as "one third genius, one third blackguard, and one third lunatic", which seems about right. British Writers and MI5 Surveillance 1930-1960 by James Smith – review 2013-03-07T12:00:01Z

The criticism has been a necessary corrective to the unsustainable myth of the artist as protean genius beyond the mores of time, place and society. Paul Gauguin: guilty as charged 2010-09-27T20:31:00Z

Downey, 49, might consider Hank pro-bono work between headlining in his big franchises, even though those movies flatter his strength of lending a comic touch to overbearing geniuses. Review: The Judge: To Mock a Killing Bird 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

With movies such as this, there is always the "Sondheim is a genius and you uneducated peons don't get it" snob factor. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Abe is the Keystone Kid, the genius young card player on retainer to keep them entertained — and properly fleeced. 'A Hanging at Cinder Bottom' is an engaging, clever con 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

OK, he’s not a guy, exactly; he’s one of those ill-fated creations of human genius who redounds upon his creators, after the fashion of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and HAL 9000 and so on. Joss Whedon’s doomed struggle: “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and superhero cinema’s decadent phase 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

I mean the male geniuses, according to architecture's creaky conventional wisdom, who push the profession forward with one pricey and daring building after another. A new blueprint for architectural excellence 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

There is a genius and a freedom to de' Barbari's bird's-eye view that gives him both perspectives simultaneously – near and far. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

Their musical habitats, too, are as alien as rainforest from tundra: Verdi we see as the genius of traditional lyricism whereas Birtwistle is, we assume, the uncompromising iconoclast who resists the paths of softness. Otello; The Minotaur – review 2013-01-20T00:07:21Z

We have scenes on the island with the boys, scenes on the island with the girls, and scenes with both with the scientists and researchers once their evil genius experiment has been concluded. The call of Amazon's puzzling "The Wilds." It can tide you over until "Yellowjackets" 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z

Papanek, who passed away in 1998, saw design as a way of solving real problems for real people, rather than simply generating novelty or celebrating individual genius. Designs for real people's real problems showcased in group show at the Armory 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

Gordie, a biology genius pining for Cassandra’s attention, studies the skies for evidence of a parallel universe. “The Society,” Reviewed: A Teen Dystopia, but with, Like, Socialism 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

In 2001, the MacArthur Foundation awarded him a “genius” grant for his body of work. Art critic Dave Hickey, known for book ‘Air Guitar’, dies 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

In essence, he has programmed humanity while the likes of the departed Delos genius Robert Ford spent his life tinkering with artificial consciousness, eventually figuring out how to map and program the human brain. "Westworld" and the fluency of a god 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

My research looks into the question of "what next?" for so-called child geniuses like Beth Harmon, and how the "gifted" label affects their lives. From IQ tests and sperm banks to "The Queen’s Gambit": a history of gifted children 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

Hendrix, Kelly and Ales, perhaps because they do not have to convince of their genius, fare very well, and get most of the funniest lines — or make the most lines funniest, maybe. Dennis Leary's 'Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll' shows some promise 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

A dean called him a disgrace but allowed him to graduate after a professor pleaded on his behalf, calling him a budding genius. Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91 2012-12-06T03:26:03Z

In the early novels he let himself do virtually anything – and he could do a great many things because he was certainly a genius – but it was not particularly controlled or focused. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z

Look out also for Brodsky's translations of his own Russian poems: only a genius would dare to rhyme "omelette" with "vomit" and get away with it. Dan Vyleta's top 10 books in second languages 2011-02-16T12:01:20Z

I don't think Trevor has behaved well over this," the producer countered."For such a genius of the theater to say no one else has a right to re-intrepret an existing work ... Producer dares purists to love anniversary version of 'Les Miz,' coming to Seattle's 5th Avenue 2011-08-05T22:05:03Z

After the family’s grand tour, Leopold forced Nannerl to stay home, where in time she took up her new roles as wife, mother and footnote to a genius. | 'Mozart?s Sister': The Other Child in Papa Mozart?s Musical Troupe 2011-08-18T23:26:03Z

Unable to explain ISC’s mad genius to his friends, he just started inviting people, telling them to pay him back as much as they think the show was worth. Shakespeare gets the improv treatment with a comic troupe 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

“I hope that it warms him personally and illuminates his genius to the world.” Haile Gerima and his landmark film ‘Sankofa’ are being rediscovered. Finally. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

His genius father has always taken care of everything, which may have smothered the child’s creativity. Movie Review: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Reboots the Time Machine 2014-03-06T13:00:01Z

All his life Schwartz had yearned to possess some single transcendent talent, some unique brilliance that the world would consent to call genius. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z

A hero and genius she may be, but somehow also inert: not much different from a statue if it were blessed with leadership abilities. Review: In Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan,’ a Sane and Sensible Martyr 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

And he’s one of the great geniuses of our time. How George Benson Turned an Early ‘No’ Into a Career of ‘Yes’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Yet the true genius of Van der Goes hits you on the reverse sides of these two panels. Spiritual vision and realism converge in the work of Hugo van der Goes 2011-08-01T17:24:40Z

James B. Hartle, an American physicist, introduced Mr. Hawking, perhaps protesting too much that he’s “just one of us” despite his genius and his physical limitations. Music Review: World Science Festival Opens at Alice Tully Hall 2010-06-03T22:59:00Z

Is it genius or unethical to accept pre-order money for a book which has no listed author yet? The Mystery of the Taylor Swift memoir: Who profits, who leaked it and who is it even by? 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

The Daily Telegraph's rock critic Neil McCormick called it "either an act of desperation or a stroke of genius." Engelbert Humperdinck to sing for UK at Eurovision 2012-03-02T13:11:09Z

For Mike Williams, editor of the music magazine NME, “the genius of Glastonbury” rests on the festival’s having “always been as much, if not more, about the atmosphere and vibe as it has the bands.” Glastonbury Festival Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Neither overwhelming passion nor literary genius seems quite within his range. | 'Young Goethe in Love': ?Young Goethe in Love? - Review 2011-11-03T23:48:59Z

When I watched the first episode off The Office, I was not sure whether it was genius or plain boring. Casting a critical eye over the TV critics 2011-07-20T13:55:00Z

Using imagery of real-life gun violence tragedies in order to tell a story of one man’s laudable genius at violence does feel unusually difficult to take at the present moment. USA Network Pulls 'Shooter'—But Would It Ever Have Been Appropriate? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that her overreaction probably has something to do with the camera crew that's invaded her home, and absorbed her mother's attention. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z

This fascination with intelligent evil is most apparent in a new main character, who has no analogue in the original: a sharkish sociopath, a genius of the long con and the longer monologue. Emily Nussbaum: The Minnesota Noir of “Fargo” 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

“Not only was it a marketing stroke of genius, but it was a huge deal artistically,” Mr. Viertel said. Well, Hello, Dollys! 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Fun World was founded by the pioneering, conveniently named genius H.G. That Time I Built My Own ‘Wonder Park’ 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

In reflecting for the big evening, she said, she came to realize she’d worked with a handful of geniuses whom she had not asked enough questions of. Five things we learned about Jane Fonda at her AFI tribute 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

But this says less about the genius of the common people than it does about photography — it is easy for an amateur to snap a striking picture accidentally. Art Review: Everyone?s 15 Minutes In a Culture of Celebrity 2011-01-13T22:44:50Z

And it doesn’t come from individual genius, which I think overrated. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

The problem with constantly boosting our children's self-esteem, telling them they're budding little geniuses when they manage to add 2 + 2, is that we're setting them up for a fall. Do (strict) Chinese mums know best? 2011-01-16T00:06:32Z

His genius for rhythmic montage and his interest in perceptual processes mark him as a founding father of experimental film. Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin 2011-04-10T01:03:01Z

Great athletes turn out to be stunningly inarticulate, perhaps because real indisputable genius is so impossible to explain, even for someone as clever as Wallace. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews 2012-09-28T21:45:04Z

But he summoned his capering genius to create what is widely considered his masterpiece. Old Globe's 'Kiss Me, Kate' steals a smile if not a heart 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

I was so happy to see you were given enough space to paint a balanced and penetrating picture of his genius. Readers respond to Anne Midgette’s appreciation of Leonard Bernstein’s music

Twenty years later, they chance upon it again and are thunderstruck by its genius. A Modern Classic Addresses Elemental Questions About Love and Power 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

Brains, the eccentric genius, stammered but always found a solution. Gerry Anderson, 83, Dies; Made Futuristic Puppets 2012-12-28T06:47:23Z

It must be for this hot, crazy thing called genius. Jumbo: The MacArthur “Genius” Grants 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Not to brag, but we may have a little genius on our hands. Dog Feats Reach New Heights 2014-04-11T22:23:16Z

Madison’s adaptive genius was on full display with the Bill of Rights. James Madison’s Zigzag Path 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

The comic genius and “Parks and Recreation” star promises juicy personal stories, “funny bits on sex and love,” and advice on parenthood, among other things. Fall books: 37 new titles to add to your reading list 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

“Of course, you can’t just give it to any person off the streets. There has to be something there. There has to be that spark that a genius editor says, ‘You know what? Is the era of the white male food critic coming to an end? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

"I don't think I'm a genius," said Alexander, who moved with his family to New York in 2014 to further his musical development. Piano prodigy Joey Alexander, 13, talks about second album 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

The interior of the gondola on Gibson Goode's zeppelin: "On the spectrum of secret lairs, it fell somewhere between mad genius bent on world domination and the disco-loving scion of a minor emirate." ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue' 2012-09-07T16:41:32Z

And O’Leary will sometimes retrieve those celestial images and ground them in earthly examples of Black genius. Seattle artist Natasha Marin’s ‘Black Imagination’ treats Black voices as boundless treasures 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

It quickly turns into a rant about Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson’s underappreciated genius, and the talents of the L.A. studio musicians he worked with, often referred to as the Wrecking Crew. 'Hitler Gets Angry' over Rolling Stone's greatest albums list 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

And it is hard to argue the genius of a man who fills his CV with movies such as Season of the Witch and Ghost Rider. Nicolas Cage: ‘If I don’t have a job to do, I can be very self-destructive’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Bernie is described as “a genius at sales” and Linklater shows him talking a cheapskate into a fancy coffin, but he doesn’t ever seem to be selling himself. Bernie: (Jack) Black Comedy About Real-Life Murder 2012-04-25T13:00:36Z

Well, that doesn’t really help much if you’re not a creative genius. Following a trail of frescoes in the mountains of North Carolina 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Linklater’s gimmick — actually, his genius — was to visit the same core cast of fictional characters, played by the same actors, for a few days each year. REVIEW: Richard Linklater's Boyhood Is a Thrilling Epic of Ordinary Life 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

But we need some genius here, some brilliant advertising and marketing that creates excitement again at the introductions. Where's the Sizzle in Selling Cars? 2010-07-22T15:40:00Z

The challenges were definitely trying to show a different side of Napoleon, since many people are attached to him as a military genius. Book Talk: The tale of Napoleon's second wife 2012-11-15T12:27:03Z

Was the show's genius a fluke that somehow slipped through their conventional, patronising net? The death of Sex and the City 2010-05-23T23:11:00Z

Not because Halloween isn't socially significant — All Hallow's Eve became an official American holiday when some genius thought up candy-corn lights and fog machines went retail — but because it's redundant. Forget Halloween. TV shows have thrills and chills all year-round 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Convinced that he is a genius, Dragna loves to spout quotations from Hermann Hesse and from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.” Movie Review: ‘The Bag Man,’ Starring Robert De Niro 2014-02-28T00:34:03Z

Halep dreams of playing with the easy touch and the attacking genius of Federer—if she could play like him even “for one point,” she told me recently, “then I would be super happy.” The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

Woody Allen is a genius, pure and simple. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

Trump has a kind of dark intuitive genius for these coinages, something he’s been plying for decades. Perspective | Trump won’t stop coining nasty nicknames for his foes — but the media must stop amplifying them. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Graham Haber It's easy to quibble with those who'd accord Bill Hicks the status of a prophetic genius. This week's new comedy 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

It should be no surprise that Miesel, the novelist, is writing a novel called “The Anomaly,” or that another of his epigraphs holds that the one thing that surpasses genius “is incomprehension.” The Novel That Riveted France During Lockdown Arrives in the U.S. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

It's a pity that the production waits until the very end to show some of Hilton's work, and of course it subscribes to the idea that mad male genius should be forgiven anything and everything. Botallack O' Clock – review 2012-10-01T15:16:20Z

The genius of this collection is that it has the power to neutralize people’s love it/hate it relationship with such an assertive flavor. The 31 best cookbooks of 2016 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

He does so in Act III, Scene 2, in a series of lengthy onstage composition lessons that serve as a thinly disguised allegory for Wagner's self-image, as aesthetic genius and great master all in one. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z

Another client, lawyer Tamar Feder, echoed the psychologist comparison: “She asks you questions that seem silly or inconsequential, but they turn out to be genius.” This organizer’s decluttering method isn’t easy. So why do celebs treat her like a guru? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

"The word genius is used a lot in Hollywood, so I might as well call Mel one," Short said. Scorsese, DeNiro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tribute 2013-06-07T08:07:14Z

Because they have agency and they are geniuses and the rest of us are subhuman. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z

However, there was something of the genius about Hoffmann. Timothy Leary’s liberation, and the CIA’s experiments! LSD’s amazing, psychedelic history 2013-12-14T21:00:00Z

Nilsson, still a genius to my ears, didn't come out of this programme too well, but the programme was pretty good. Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:24Z

And you sense the deep fear of powerlessness behind this seeming genius of crowd control. Theater Review: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Stars Neil Patrick Harris 2014-04-23T02:00:14Z

“Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?” is a representative sample of that genius. To This Essayist and Cultural Critic, the Black Tradition Is Resistance 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Isaac Newton was a genius – the man who made sense of the world and of the universe, brought order to chaos and uncertainty, darkness to light. Newton: The Last Magician and The Security Man – review 2013-04-13T06:00:50Z

Authors typically read before directly engaging the audience, but Diaz, MacArthur “genius” fellow and current Katie Jacobson writer in residence at CalArts, reversed the standard order Friday night and immediately opened with dialogue. Junot Diaz puts the audience center stage at REDCAT 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

What a stroke of genius – to begin the artistic ascent with a modest, domestic sparrow. Poem of the week: The Sorrow of Love by WB Yeats 2010-08-09T09:17:00Z

Can one admire the military genius of the 9/11 attack while deploring the deaths it created? Viva Venezia! At the World's Most Simpatico Film Festival 2012-08-29T19:04:23Z

I was so taken with the dessert that I decided I must speak with the genius behind it. At Lutèce, Chef Isabel Coss blends abuela-inspired food origins with elevated French pastry-making 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

“Whether it’s an artist or a composer or whatever, there is such a thing as genius,” Kallir says. Artificial intelligence is restoring lost works by Klimt, Picasso and Rembrandt. Not everyone is happy about it. 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

He had been working on a new musical with “Venus in Fur” playwright David Ives, who called his collaborator a genius. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Virgil’s genius was quickly recognized and his later career, as well as that of his friend Horace, was partly fostered by the proverbially rich Maecenas, an ardent patron of the arts. Virgil’s ‘The Aeneid’ still looks strikingly contemporary 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Shakespeare’s genius was to make the lovers’ pairing, a union of two seen-it-all cynics, bracingly yet realistically volatile, with jealousy, betrayal and reconciliation from both sides. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z

Mab is pretty, accomplished and “normal,”; Monday is pretty, focused and “on the spectrum”; and Mirabel is a beautiful genius who for unspecified reasons uses a wheelchair and a computer-generated “Voice.” Review | In Laurie Frankel’s ‘One Two Three,’ three sisters are on a mission to save their town 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

Called “Harriet Tubman and Other Truths,” the show is the largest to date for Ms. Scott, a recent MacArthur “genius” award winner. Inspired by Harriet Tubman, an Artist Takes Glass to Extremes 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The myth of Steve Jobs: iconoclastic artistic genius, Nietzschean Übermensch, progenitor of the digital revolution who reshaped our domestic lives the same way that the titans of the Industrial Revolution reshaped cities and factories. The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Manoel de Oliveira continues his immortal journey with his latest literary pastiche, “The Old Man of Belem,” while the American pulp genius Joe Dante returns with the horror comedy “Burying the Ex.” In Venice, Kicking Off the Fall Movie Festival Season 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

The word “bro” once evoked blithe white-guy gregariousness, but in interviews, and in the frequent online videos he broadcast from his darkened lair, Shkreli seemed brainy and somewhat awkward, like an evil genius. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

But with the unshakable self-assurance of someone who has seen all his previous dreams come to fruition, he added, “It’s going to be pretty genius, I will tell you that.” Television: Kevin Hart Learns to Tell the Truth 2012-08-30T12:00:00Z

It is less apparent, however, when you smother it in cliches so richly strewn that even a mathematical genius would lose count of them. Old Earth – review 2012-06-17T15:46:45Z

But it’s all portrayed as rather cute, just the impish side of your average genius/dirty uncle. Hitchcock: To Psycho with Love 2012-11-20T13:00:50Z

And finally my own notes for my novel:  “discovery of the body of Billy” — the buried genius painter Billy, the buried innocent, the murdered innocent. I had to punish myself 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr. Hampson said that he looked forward to “singing this challenging genius opera” soon. Singer to Star in His Second ‘Wozzeck’ in a Week 2014-03-06T21:32:08Z

Thursday night, the genius was in the bravery. Perfume Genius, intensely personal and enthralling

It was hailed around the world as a stroke of genius when it came to educating young people. California education’s painful decline 2012-10-02T17:01:00Z

And that, in many ways, was George Michael’s true genius. We were all “Young Guns” then: George Michael and the early days of Wham!, the coolest band in London 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

The documentary argues strongly for Jackson's genius, highlighting his achievements as a singer, songwriter, producer, performer, dancer and fashion trendsetter. Documentary pays tribute to Jackson's genius 2012-09-01T03:31:04Z

She must know that her father is Bruce Freakin’ Willis, who has foiled many an evil genius in the 25 years since the first Die Hard movie. A Good Day to Die Hard: Yippee-Ki-Yay, Mother Russia 2013-02-14T04:30:45Z

But for all her currency among 10-year-olds, Swift embodies an old-fashioned creative model — the genius auteur doggedly pursuing an idiosyncratic vision — long endorsed by the Recording Academy. Grammys 2015: Snubs of 'Frozen,' One Direction point to narrow view 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Was he a military genius who brought glory to France on battlefields across Europe? French leader Napoleon Bonaparte has a complicated legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

She's a genius – I'm not a genius, but I hope I can still bring something to it. Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey to be reworked by Val McDermid 2012-07-19T14:42:25Z

“We found that so much of the genius of nature is passive design,” he said. Zaha Hadid’s Desert Think Tank: Environmental Beauty and Efficiency 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Adults do too, and the hope that in making food shaped like a beloved creature a kid might actually eat dinner is genius. Dino chicken nuggets: the history, the meaning, the majesty of a cultural icon 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

It is said that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. New band of the day – La Shark (No 1,399) 2012-11-20T16:34:47Z

The mythic figure that is the billionaire tech genius in the nowhere man tee may finally be about to meet its long overdue end. Hey Silicon Valley, It’s Time to Wear a Suit 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

For such critics, Reagan’s genius for cheering folk up had a cruel core. Purpose and worth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

So You Think You Can Dance helps frame the problem another way: what if we revamp our assumptions about where genius resides? Fox’s populist dance spectacle 2012-09-18T18:08:00Z

This year I discovered the genius of sheet pan brownies that bake up in just 15 minutes. Bacon, coffee and pasta pie: Looking back at your favorite Quick & Dirties of the year 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

“We put all our quote-unquote ‘genius’ into each song, but I had no illusions about longevity back then, and I still don’t.” The Fugs still riotous after all these years 2012-11-28T05:52:00Z

Crafty insta-celebrities and self-branding geniuses and social media gurus assert that submitting to the daily grind to pay the mortgage constitutes a meager existence. "Mad Men": Stillbirth of the American dream 2010-07-17T23:01:00Z

I grew up watching movies in which beautiful, emaciated women went “full psycho” while their male counterparts went “crazy genius.” Lights, camera, depression: Why does mental illness on TV rarely look like real life? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Other readers hated the growing streak of Eastern mysticism in the saga, as Seymour evolved, in successive retellings, from a suicidal young man into a genius, a sage, even a saint of sorts. 2010-01-29T13:57:00Z

In the late 2000s he began a guest role on the science fiction TV show Fringe as the genius scientist William Bell. Leonard Nimoy Was So Much More Than Mr. Spock 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

These aren’t necessarily the ones I think will win — frankly, I think “Orange Is the New Black” may win over “Silicon Valley,” but I’m partial to the sustained genius of Mike Judge’s new show. One critic’s picks for the 66th Emmy Awards 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

The marinade is still enough to make this recipe genius, but Ali has handed us many more miracles to take to our kitchens, too. The best chicken caesar salad I've ever had 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

She’s bolder, more sure of herself, than you are, and she has a genius for writing in the language of vulgar misogyny as she speaks to its absurdity. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Contemporary reviewers praised Emily’s morally enigmatic novel, but its genius was apparent to few in her time. Review: ‘Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart’ 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

But her judgment of her former advisor hadn’t changed: Ronell, she insisted, was a genius, the greatest living literary theorist. A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider’s perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

“Edited by the genius C.B.,” reads the title page of one of those earlier magazines, which are owned by Harvard’s Houghton Library, which also holds six other miniature books created by Charlotte. A Tiny Brontë Book Comes Home 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

That’s the chief genius of the film, to me, and it goes as much to the writing. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

I didn't produce a work of precocious genius, but I did get myself started as a TV hack. The parent trap: art after children 2010-08-01T20:30:00Z

A 1925 ad for one of the films she wrote declared that she was “the greatest woman creative genius of the screen.” You Know These 20 Movies. Now Meet the Women Behind Them 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

And because he could be a genius, and a fool, in the span of a single day. Sonny Mehta, a publishing industry titan, made his mark 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z

She was a genius before she was a refrigerator magnet, an ace manipulator of society and media nearly a century before social media came into existence. Frida Kahlo Is Having a Moment 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

A profound football genius to some, a profane bully to others, Davis – who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992 – for decades loomed large on the NFL landscape. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z

It is about how boys are hailed as geniuses and girls are not. Other stories: why now is the time for a new movie canon – chosen by women 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

His stroke of genius was this: How about using the tandoor? The secrets to making two of India’s most famous dishes, from the family that invented them 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

His was less a scientific than a managerial genius. ‘Big Science,’ by Michael Hiltzik 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

By 1506, after two years of the competition, the city of Florence was confident it knew who was the best artist, the ultimate genius. Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? 2010-03-30T07:00:00Z

To be inspired by the work of these geniuses and to create a "high-end signature look worthy of a master collection." 2010-01-29T14:30:00Z

True original: Another presiding genius in Mosley's work is Darwin, notably in his portraits of men with simian profiles that speak to 19th-century obsessions with cavemen, devolution and phrenology. Artist of the week 148: Ryan Mosley 2011-07-28T11:11:44Z

Fast Company chooses the 18 best infographics of 2014, from visualizations of humankind’s greatest architectural achievements to the sleep schedules of geniuses. Links We Love: What We're Reading This Week 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

And with that the so-called “genius” clause was born. Ryan Giggs divorce: ex-footballer to argue his genius before high court 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

On his blog during the primaries, Adams gushed about Trump’s persuasive power, calling the Republican presidential nominee a “clown genius” with “a 98% chance of … winning the whole thing.” “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams vows to kill Donald Trump if he becomes acts too “Hitler-ish” 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

"He was a genius at casting," noted the actor. Adam West returns in 'Batman' series' digital release 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Thinking back to this whirlwind excursion I’m reminded that Mackintosh’s genius, his daring, elegant magic, didn’t die in the second fire to strike his landmark school of art in only five years. A Glasgow Architect’s Masterpiece Is Damaged, but Not His Magic 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pirsig was described as a genius, with an IQ of 170, and graduated from high school at 15. Robert M. Pirsig, best-selling author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies at 88 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

But Lee Hazelwood, the genius who wrote the tune, is rolling over in his grave after a new campaign ad called Marco’s Flip-Flop Dance.” Jeb’s absurd #Bootgate grab: This cutesy dancing Marco Rubio ad reveals a campaign desperately out of touch 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

In addition to its portrayal of the complex geopolitics of those games, the movie fixes a spotlight on Owens’s athletic discipline — his grit, grace, genius — as he pursues Olympic glory. Jesse Owens, a Film Hero Once Again 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately for Cadbury, he failed to see his own genius and opted not to patent his heart-shaped box. The Victorian origins of the heart-shaped chocolate box 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

“I instantly recognized his genius,” said Mr. Bergé, who was 29 at the time. Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive, Dies at 86 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Before the incomparable threesome’s reunion album, “No Cities to Love” comes out later this month, re-immerse yourself in their genius by revisiting their debut eponymous album. 2015′s pop culture-versaries: The films and albums celebrating milestones this year 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

“Instead of being a positive influence on this guy I considered a genius and cherished little brother, I had become a facilitator to his undoing,” Lanegan writes. Review | Screaming Trees’ Mark Lanegan delivers a nothing-but-warts memoir, full of drugs, alcohol and Kurt Cobain memories 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z

That would be some kind of PR genius! Downton Abbey's Bottle Bonanza 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

The fascination with genius, ambition and the creative process — and the project of making high culture accessible to a popular audience — continued in Mr. Russell’s later fictional features. Ken Russell, Controversial Director, Dies at 84 2011-11-28T11:22:23Z

Dano, who has managed to look and behave uncannily like the 1960s Wilson, portrays him as very much the solitary genius who is sincere and earnest about his work. Uneven 'Love & Mercy' saddled with one Brian Wilson too many 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

"It was really lovely to hear about his genius in her imagination," he added. Darkness brews as 'Fantastic Beasts' push magical world into new era 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Bob Denver, who played the bumblingly sweet Gilligan, was a comic "genius." The world according to Dawn Wells, a.k.a. 'Gilligan Island's' Mary Ann 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

Ms. Kroot’s film, while more conventional in tone and structure than anything her subjects have ever done, is nonetheless a valuable and intelligent introduction and tribute to their anarchic, uncompromising and absolutely peculiar genius. | 'It Came From Kuchar': The Kuchars, Twins Who Defied Film Convention 2010-04-09T03:22:00Z

Times writer Wesley Morris calls the show 'genius,' while completely overlooking the false telling of the Genovese case in the show to turn up the moral outrage. ‘Girls’ Finale: Is It Just Us, or Did the Show Get Better? 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

In theory, it’s limiting, but then again, that is part of the Ramones’ genius: they transform their limits into assets. My failed Ramones audition 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

Along with “Lagerfeld Confidential,” these movies form a trilogy mourning the demise of high fashion while paying tribute to the slightly mad geniuses given unlimited license to realize their design fantasies. | 'L?Amour Fou': The Passions and Demons of Yves Saint Laurent 2011-05-12T21:23:04Z

Viewers would eventually learn that Ignatowski had been something of a genius earlier in life. How pot brownies came to reign as "the OG edible" 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

Such mythmaking adds to the public's belief in the possibility of the American dream and the praiseworthy egoism of genius. Maybe Jon Hamm's billionaire act on "The Morning Show" is doing rich men like Elon Musk a favor 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

His most ardent fans have labeled him a genius auteur, while others have criticize his provocative approach to revisionist histories. Actors Who Got the 'Tarantino Boost' 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

The drawing is darker and less defined than Beardsley’s later work, but all the elements of his mature genius are suddenly present. The Faith Behind Aubrey Beardsley’s Sexually Charged Art 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Isherwood’s genius was in fusing the private, often outré lives of the Berliners, with the political events unfurling like a blood-red banner. Footsteps : Looking for Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin 2013-04-12T19:04:41Z

Just what has defined the genius of Pilobolus has always been debatable. Dance Review: Pilobolus Puts 4 Decades of Dance on Display 2013-07-10T21:43:59Z

And my mom, for birthing a millionaire, a genius, a guy who still has some of the best ideas and marketing rollouts in the game. 2 Chainz Is a Dedicated Father With a Competitive Streak 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

He doesn’t quite have the airiness and cloudless brightness that suggest a removed genius, which makes for an all-the-more-bitter contrast with the punishing contact with the rough stuff of life. David Foster Wallace Isn’t Just Like Us! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

With its decentralized approach, Ruangrupa has placed its faith in the collective genius of the participants, in each group’s instincts, choices and knowledge. Documenta Was a Whole Vibe. Then a Scandal Killed the Buzz. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

When I reviewed Grammar, I edged towards using the word "genius" to describe Marani. The Last of the Vostyachs by Diego Marani – review 2012-08-14T13:45:01Z

I think they are genius comics who are articulating what it is to be a woman and to be a human in this moment in our culture. Picks From the Times 100: Sarah Ruhl 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Part of the film's genius is that this first psycho moment happens silently, invisibly, inside Marion's head. My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z

Playing a supposed creative genius, Mr. Watts mugs and wiggles in loony videos that are among the movie’s most grating moments. Review: ‘Creative Control,’ a Satire of Gadget-Driven Reality 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

My father was a brilliant inventor who turned his mechanical genius onto his own psyche in an effort to overcome decades of unrelenting nightmares, depression and fear. My Holocaust survivor parents never talked about it — and their silence didn't protect me 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

Consider this 1982 fantasy, which unfolds in ancient times on a distant planet that owes its existence not to the Big Bang, but to the genius of Jim Henson. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

His achievement is absolute, self-evident, like the genius of Bernini or Beethoven. Jackson Pollock, rock'n'roll master 2011-01-27T15:22:54Z

Stephen Hebron, the Bodleian’s curator of the exhibition, carefully traces the changing meanings of genius since antiquity in a concise but wide-ranging catalog essay. ‘Marks of Genius,’ Works From the Bodleian, at the Morgan 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

It's a false analogy to presume that genius is like a pie; ie, if a pie is a pumpkin pie, every bite will taste like pumpkin pie. Can you spot a Charles Dickens sentence? 2013-03-25T15:04:14Z

It’s not hard to think of political situations or international catastrophes the piece could be about, but its genius is that it applies so aptly to so many. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s because there’s something titillating about unmasking the man whose name has become synonymous with genius, and whose plays embody universal ideas. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

In reviewing “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” Stanley Kubrick’s satirical 1964 masterpiece, she called Kubrick a “boy genius.” Judith Crist, Film Critic, Dies at 90 2012-08-07T16:35:14Z

Robbins had a genius for catching the raw energy and vulnerability of American adolescents as if from within; in this piece, Mr. Peck stays on the outside. Review: City Ballet Salutes Jerome Robbins, a Master of 2 Realms 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

Is the era of mercurial jerk geniuses coming back? Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

And this is where the works' genius is found: The images within the tapestries are shown as tapestries themselves. Wonders unfurl at Getty, Met tapestry shows on Rubens, Coecke 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

James also thought Stevenson a genius, Oscar Wilde found him “a delightful master of delicate and fanciful prose” and, in a case of like calling to like, G.K. Review | Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ is not just an adventure tale, it’s a timely novel about politics and dissent 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

Sims doesn’t rewrite the song; he simply records it being performed by Black musicians in a range of Black music styles — gospel, blues, soul, hip-hop — undercutting, through genius appropriation, its white supremacist punch. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

It was a stroke of PR genius to slip the hotly anticipated fudging of the Doctor's longevity into a children's series: the episodes are now sure to draw in the viewers. Doctor Who is now immortal, reveals the BBC 2010-10-12T18:59:00Z

It might be our genius or at least our nature to do this. Jonathan Lethem Imagines a World Where Technology Stops Working 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

But the soundscape unique to Hendrix, pushing the technology to its limits, was not serendipity, nor was it only about Hendrix's genius: there was science behind the subliminal magic. The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z

Turns out that Pryor gave God a perfect setup line, and God proves that he’s both a genius and a pro. SXSW Live-Streaming, Young Richard Pryor, and Nuclear Fear 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

In April Jonah Lehrer wrote about the neuroscience of Bob Dylan's genius – an edited extract from his book Imagine: How Creativity Works. Hop Farm 2012: festival preview 2012-06-26T15:53:00Z

What does genius sound like when it’s brand-new? Classical music events around Seattle, Jan. 27 edition 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

But we are meant to take him with a grain, or a bigger grain — a block, even — of salt, as for all the assertions of his genius, most of which come from his own mouth. Dennis Leary's 'Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll' shows some promise 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

He truly was one of the few people who deserved the title of ‘genius.’ Robin Williams death: online tributes 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

He said Ross was a "shy genius" whose "incredible effort, determination and belief are why our industry continues to thrive". Film4 boss to join National Theatre 2014-03-26T15:51:13Z

Whoever thought they should put Destiny’s Child on a deserted island, dress them in fatigues and have them and dance in front of an ancient temple was a genius. 12 Breakup Videos Better Than 'Get Her Back' by Robin Thicke 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

“The Power of Style: Verdura at 75” celebrates the company’s 75 years in Manhattan by looking back at the idiosyncratic genius of the Sicilian aristocrat who first began designing jewelry in the 1930s. Verdura celebrates 75 years on Fifth Avenue 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

"Mr. Peabody & Sherman": The TV cartoon hits the big-screen as a genius dog and his human pal travel in time to repair history. Highlights of Hollywood's 2013 film lineup 2013-01-09T22:46:05Z

Gore Vidal called him “an authentic American genius.” Books of The Times: ‘Complete Short Stories of James Purdy,’ Literary Outsider 2013-07-18T19:56:21Z

Earlier, when Dr. Ford rolls through Lawrence’s town in a swaggy black hat he bought at the evil genius souvenir shop, he seems to be on a reconnaissance mission. 8 Key Reveals From Westworld’s Sixth Episode 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

In 1920s Germany, he learns quantum physics; the next decade he’s at Berkeley teaching, bouncing off other young geniuses and building a center for the study of quantum physics. ‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z

“You married the most, most, most, most, most genius man in the whole world, Kanye West.” Kim and Kanye: Tales of an uber celeb marriage gone wrong 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

He’s fascinated by the nature of genius and its remarkable flowering near the end of the 19th century. ‘The Last Days of Night’: The flaws of Thomas Edison, both real and imagined 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Was it a stroke of genius to raise the volts in a car's electrical system? Toyota's Other Legal Mess 2010-06-10T15:40:00Z

Why do people call the MacArthur fellowships “genius grants”? Cecilia Conrad, the director of the MacArthur Foundation’s fellowship program, says she doesn’t know why. Jumbo: The MacArthur “Genius” Grants 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

"A famous artist's signature gives us the romantic notion that their paintings are sacred artefacts that were touched by the hand of a genius." Can you love a fake piece of art? 2012-06-03T23:24:04Z

Being a genius is a lot of work. Psych meds dull my creativity 2013-02-26T01:00:00Z

Yet the notion that Wilson is a genius and he merely a journeyman gnaws deeply. Mike Love Still Can’t Harmonize With the Beach Boys 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

I wasn't even paying attention until I Just Called To Say I Love You, as awful a record as a bona fide musical genius has ever made, came on. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z

By then, no matter what they were called, character actors and actresses like Andy Devine and Margaret Hamilton, with their distinctive voices, unforgettable faces and genius for stealing the show, were part of the system. Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann?s Movies 2011-04-22T13:31:51Z

She summoned me to simply listen to a provocative lecture by a genius of the intellect; a nameless phenomenon whose book, “Atlas Shrugged,” was, she declared, the most important book in the lives of people. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z

Book agent Howard Yoon said readers initially gravitated toward Musk because people love the idea that geniuses exist, and his fixation on saving the planet set him apart from other Silicon Valley CEOs, Yoon said. How Elon Musk became a new kind of celebrity 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, those geniuses in Hollywood have added “Dynasty” to the ever-growing list of unnecessary, uncalled-for remakes. Review | Fall TV 2017: 10 new shows worth checking out (and 5 you can totally skip) 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Pretending that’s not the case is just willful ignorance in defense of the right to be called a genius with no pushback. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the pushback against 'PC culture' 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

It occludes the far subtler and more interesting insights that a genius can provoke, and too confidently pigeonholes an individual who knowingly rejected the stifling limitations of his country’s artificial racial binary for a dupe. Can 48 Artists in 14 Rooms Capture Michael Jackson? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

My parents were divorced shortly after the visit, but my mother continued to tell me about my father’s dashing genius. My Absent Father 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

If Bourgeois's work was only about herself, we would not now be celebrating her as an innovative genius. Louise Bourgeois's greatest work of art 2010-06-06T21:29:00Z

Akhtiorskaya’s genius is her ability to throw off observations that sound — if they weren’t so witty — like lines from a folktale. ‘Panic in a Suitcase,’ by Yelena Akhtiorskaya

Hurwitz was famously constrained by the network system at Fox, but he made genius of necessity. The New Arrested Development Is Dark, Uneven, and Frustrating. Can We Have Another? 2013-05-29T17:59:42Z

You run around trying to see things; you can't get a ticket for the famous TV comic, so you see someone you've never heard of, who turns out to be a genius. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

This, then, is the germ around which Saramago’s genius was built, the humble tableau he transformed into a universal language. Book review: ‘Skylight’ by Jose Saramago 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

It’s television at its simplest and most genius. Perspective | ‘The Masked Singer’ lets us work out our national anxieties about who’s who and what’s true 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Why is this genius artist only now getting a show worthy of her art? Review | Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most controversial artists of the ’80s. Now he looks entirely innocent. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Both are so wonderfully destabilizing, they manage to scramble our cultural scripts around sexual violence, cancel culture, gender, genius and storytelling itself. Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

Trilling recognized Ginsberg’s genius without truly liking his poetry. A Cool Head and Warm Affections in Lionel Trilling’s Letters 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

The genius of “Footnote” is that it is about those important things too. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z

If it’s a hit too, expect the AMC front office to be feted as geniuses once again. Can?t Stop the Zombies: The Walking Dead Gets a Third Season 2011-10-26T12:10:44Z

Why is this Latvian-born American genius who is just now receiving her first comprehensive U.S. exhibition in more than a quarter-century, not spoken of in the same breath as Rothko, Rauschenberg, LeWitt or Warhol? Review | Why is this genius artist only now getting a show worthy of her art? 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

What should America’s major orchestras do with the genius of Duke Ellington? Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

“Turn Me Loose” pays homage to his sneaky genius and unwavering commitment, and Morton’s portrayal reveals the anger, love and devastating sanity that set this prophetic comic apart. Joe Morton, 'Turn Me Loose' and the sly comic activism of Dick Gregory 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

OK, they probably would because our recipe developers are determined geniuses who would have found a way, but would they taste or look as good? We've had 50 blessed years of cooking with Crockpot 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family.” Jon Stewart Is Leaving 'The Daily Show 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

“Zero Contact” stars Anthony Hopkins as Finley Hart, an enigmatic engineer and genius whose death is reported in the opening credits. ‘Zero Contact’ Review: A Token of the Times 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

The genius of Burns’s prose is how boldly it goes for broke, in sync with the breakdowns occurring within the minds of her characters. A Gun Shop and a Family Prone to Breakdowns: What Could Go Wrong? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Marc Jacobs did that Monday, spending on his show an amount roughly equal to several half-million-dollar MacArthur Foundation “genius awards.” Fashion Diary: Fashion Diary: Tinseltown in New York 2012-02-18T00:11:19Z

The notion of installing a writer of Dyer’s baroquely sensitive and self-conscious temperament aboard an American aircraft carrier stationed in the Persian Gulf is obviously a stroke of genius. A neurotic writer aboard the USS George H.W. Bush 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Kosky is the latest in a series of innovative directors that Reese has invited to put their own spin on the works of the theater’s genius loci. ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ Without the ‘Cabaret’ Clichés 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

And indeed, before the 13th century, there was an extraordinary confluence of genius and innovation, particularly around Baghdad. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z

The genius, the father and the primal self-styled “minotaur”. Antonio Banderas: ‘I don’t want to live my life like I’m already dead’ 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

“Who’s the genius who thought it made sense to cut a round pie into tiny rectangular pieces?” one person commented. Pizza cut in squares sparks regional debate between Midwesterners and East Coasters 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

In another he poses as a moody teenager, gripped by a melancholy that can lead to genius or misfortune. J.M. Coetzee’s Boyhood, in Black and White 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

Not malevolent, but uncanny: a superannuated genius child like the kind you might find in a horror movie. Christopher Plummer’s Robust Final Act Crowned a Noble Career 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z

But I would still argue that a novelist of comic genius – let's stay with Dickens – can, in the course of realigning our sympathies, create a deeper disquiet. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

The twisted genius of social media is that it seems to provide something constructive to do, by engaging with posts, when all that usually does is help the anger spread further. The age of rage: are we really living in angrier times? 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

Ironically, eastern medicine and health practices have long been mocked and dismissed as "voodoo," mystical nonsense — that is, until the right white influencers peddle it and are subsequently called geniuses and awarded with exorbitant wealth. “Nine Perfect Strangers” and the orientalist displays of the western wellness industry 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z

Hammond is a “genius” who helped make “a political set of movements, which brought about an unimaginable success — and that was breaking the back of the Soviet Union.” This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

My coach is named Juan Carlos Corazza, and I think he's a genius. A "Biutiful" chat with Javier Bardem 2010-12-30T00:01:00Z

Of course, you're probably all multilingual geniuses, but, thanks to Ezra, you don't need to be to tackle this August challenge to share your own versions of foreign-language poetry. Poster poems: Translation 2010-08-20T09:42:00Z

“We witnessed him losing a parent in the public eye, he’s been called a genius, and he has behaved in ways where people are like, ‘Is he OK?’ Ato Blankson-Wood on Playing a Hamlet Who ‘Leads With Love’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

Dr. Melvin Hurley, a poetry scholar, is Cliff James’s biographer, writing a tome that he hopes will place the poet on “the pantheon of black genius.” Review | In ‘The Gone Dead,’ a woman’s questions about her father’s death reveal a town’s racist history 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

And then comes the stroke of genius that only the Beatles could provide. When the Beatles Walked Offstage: Fifty Years of “Abbey Road” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

The fantasy vision of Alma and Hitchcock’s marriage is one unfortunate element in a movie that doesn’t merely give creative genius a bad name, but also pathologizes it. Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock,’ With Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren 2012-11-22T22:23:25Z

A Broadway musical about America's favorite homegrown brand of Christianity from the genius misfits of "South Park" and "Team America," and Robert Lopez, the raunchy composer of "Avenue Q," could be expected to be irreverent. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z

Of course part of O'Neill's genius is his awareness that familial love and hate are sides of the same heavy coin, and often indistinguishable. ArtsBeat: 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' in London 2012-06-20T20:01:13Z

Seeing this empathetic connection between geniuses in different fields made me fantasise about, say, a set of Lucian Freud paintings illuminating a Harold Pinter play, or a David Mamet play featuring sets by Jasper Johns. Stage direction: why don't more visual artists do theatre? 2012-07-17T15:01:13Z

Both regard Potter as a genius, and his work as a national treasure which should have been kept together for permanent public display. Genius or grotesquery? The arrestingly strange world of Walter Potter 2010-10-08T17:37:00Z

Portrayed over the years as a genius and a hustler, a megalomaniac and a Sphinx, he is looking forward to the chance to control the narrative for a change. Peter Gatien, the ’90s ‘Club King,’ Wants His Final Say 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

It’s a testament to Hitchcock’s genius that, viewed frame by frame over its more than two-hour length, “Vertigo” blows away anything Mr. Crewdson can conjure. ‘Vertigo,’ Through Two Artists’ Eyes 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Hugo's my favourite, he's really funny and self aware, and a little a bit ironic, as well as being a genius. Child Genius; Agnetha: Abba and After – TV review 2013-06-12T06:00:04Z

But he combined them with genius orchestration, gorgeous melodies, and rich and innovative harmonic constructions. Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z

Shakespeare’s genius lends itself to many different formats, but these recaps seemed like coloring book versions of the plays. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

In “Love & Mercy,” Moverman focused on two Wilsons — the “Pet Sounds” genius battling with mental illness in the 1960s, and the sedated Wilson under the thumb of a tyrannical psychotherapist in the ’80s. Elton John helped make his own biopic, ‘Rocketman.’ That actually made it more honest than ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

The knight Walther, arriving untutored in medieval '... for us Germans there could loom no fairer love- match than a wedding of Italia's genius with that of Deutschland'. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z

“If we put a filter on them, we would be back in the Stone Age. We wouldn’t have anyone putting their neck out. It’s a good thing we have geniuses that push the limits.” Tesla owners love their cars. Elon Musk? Not as much. 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z

Then again, Spacy is a little slice of genius. Flatpack film festival turns spotlight on Takashi Ito 2010-04-01T15:00:00Z

We are the species with the genius to create something as wondrous as the internet in the first place. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

In the book, she describes the tactic as “a genius move” because they went on to film an intimate scene with tenderness and sincerity. Mena Suvari explains writing about Kevin Spacey in new book 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Fellini’s genius for welding memory, dream and waking consciousness is on show in this classic movie, whose title is a slang phrase for “I remember”. All Federico Fellini's films – ranked! 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Even if the Queen doesn't speak – which she probably will considering Clare's family have trained royal horses – the result will still be infinitely more watchable and the masses will discover Clare's genius. Clare Balding is my new dykon 2010-07-22T10:51:00Z

Yet its tendency to sentimentalise Barrie's peculiar genius has the effect of making death seem like a curiously small adventure. Finding Neverland – review 2012-10-04T12:25:16Z

"Many of us have lost a close and loved friend; all of us have lost a true comic genius," Brandstein said in a statement. Comedian Patrice O'Neal dies, had suffered stroke 2011-11-30T20:57:50Z

I had hoped to see more development than that by now, because the evidence for The Rock's genius is spread across a diverse range of bit-parts and sweetly delivered comic turns. The Rock is back with Faster and once again is underused 2011-03-19T00:07:02Z

“The genius of the French, in matters of fashion, has always been to be its wellspring,” she said. If These Dresses Could Talk 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

Jordan Peele – he’s a genius and has an incredible political vision. Meet the new directors who lit up the film festivals 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

This season doubles down on the complexity, business acumen, and frankly, the genius of the tween girls as an expanded membership requires navigating new dynamics. From astrology to tax policy, tween girls contain multitudes on “The Baby-Sitters Club” 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

Five minutes into an appointment with a private psychologist, her parents, account manager Belinda, 43, and Duncan, 45, a director of an IT company, were told: “This child is not depressed, she’s a genius.” ‘I’m a human calculator’: what’s it like to be a child genius – or to raise one? 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

In his previous books the journalist Ron Rosenbaum has tackled big topics — Hitler’s evil, Shakespeare’s genius — with acuity and irreverence, believing, correctly, that some things are too important to leave to the experts. Books of The Times: Thinking the Unthinkable Again in a New Nuclear Age 2011-03-01T16:45:09Z

And yet they have a basis in historical fact, and reflect the genius for cruelty that found fulfillment in the Spanish Inquisition. Spanish capital en ruinas 2013-02-19T16:42:00Z

Simon has two explanations for why his genius collapsed. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z

And how should we understand the bodily genius that the show advocates in the context of the show’s relentlessly popularizing approach? Fox’s populist dance spectacle 2012-09-18T18:08:00Z

That’s how I feel about her; she just coincidently has some genius timing. Mitch Hurwitz digs deep on “Lady Dynamite” — and gives “Arrested Development” details: “We’re ready to go at a moment’s notice” 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Comedy genius and actor Robin Williams, 63, hanged himself in California on Aug. 11. Private funeral set for Joan Rivers, acerbic comedy pioneer 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

And when the fashion runs to fictionalising the lives of actual people, what better than the love story of a young, doomed Irish genius and a young, beautiful Irish actress? Ghost Light 2010-06-18T23:05:00Z

Swirling with different time signatures, musical styles and rapturous energy, In Each Hand A Cutlass prove that genres are for the common man and that genius lies in the outliers. July's best new music from across the MAP 2011-07-18T08:26:00Z

A genius of the system, his freest inventions require the best technical armamentarium that money can buy—and he gained access to it at the cost of his inner freedom. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

But the latter’s performance – a career best – is more than matched by the overall genius of this crime thriller about two brothers, a botched bank heist, and a jailbreak gone wrong. Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

Somewhat frustratingly if reasonably, Mr. Féret never settles on whether she was a genius, a martyr, a feminist cause, a disappointed daughter, a resigned woman or all of the above. | 'Mozart?s Sister': The Other Child in Papa Mozart?s Musical Troupe 2011-08-18T23:26:03Z

When trying to record comedy shows in front of studio audiences, at BBC TV Centre, the counter-intuitive genius that characterised the building soon became apparent. Farewell, BBC TV Centre. You were Britain's very own Disneyland 2013-03-31T00:05:37Z

Victor Frankenstein, the complex, tortured genius, became a mad scientist; his creature went from a French-speaking, poetry-reading autodidact to a grunting, groaning killer. The Pop-Culture Evolution of Frankenstein’s Monster 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

Firefly is held in the often-overlooked Dover, Delaware, which may sound like an odd location for artists like Jack Johnson, Imagine Dragons, or Beck to appear, but is actually genius. 5 American Music Festivals To Look Forward To 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

Now she’s giving the Oscars another chance to recognize her morose genius with the title track for Tim Burton’s forthcoming film, Big Eyes. Listen to a Preview of Lana Del Rey's 'Big Eyes' Track 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

Negotiating this enigma is both thrilling and exhausting, but perhaps that’s the price we pay if we want to understand genius. Book review: ‘De Niro: A Life,’ by Shawn Levy

It wasn't just the genius of King's words communicating the moral imperative of the civil rights struggle but Smith's urgent summoning of the sentiment. In L.A. theater, Martin Luther King and privileged white men helped drive points home 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

But the real genius of “Black Mirror” lies in its dissection of humanity — how our emotions, compulsions and fears inform our use of technology. ‘Black Mirror’ is the perfect show for our tech-obsessed world 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Abbasi: We had conversations that there have been so many movies about a genius serial killer who is killing numbers of women. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

You can alternate views of Lichtenstein’s genius with healthy intakes of urban life and draw your own conclusions from the shows’ overlaps and discrepancies, whether with one another or reality. Art Review: Following the Dots Around the City 2010-09-23T21:45:00Z

It didn’t take a genius to spot another similarity between Ms. Halbreich and Ms. Rivers: Both are completely without filter. Joan Rivers Is Remembered at a Book Party for Betty Halbreich 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

"If you look at the charges against this young genius, they were a complete overreach of the law," he said. The Big Reunion: from broken dreams to reality stars 2013-02-26T15:46:23Z

He was over-sensitive, strung way high and a genius to boot. The peak of Sinatra’s power: “Every Sinatra performance was acting. His greatest performance was as himself” 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

There was more ferocious playing in Bernhard Gander's Khul, a simple anagram of Hulk, the Marvel Comics character, the alter ego of genius scientist Bruce Banner. Britten's War Requiem; Music in the Space Time Continuum – review 2013-06-29T23:06:15Z

It helps that Salinger's life story is so unusual that the writer's last name has become analogous for the reluctant genius. 'J.D. Salinger: A Life': Kenneth Slawenski's biography of a reluctant genius 2011-01-22T00:07:54Z

Martha Graham was nothing if not an idealist, while early in his career Halston learned that an artist's genius means little to nothing without endorsements from rich and famous. Ewan McGregor dazzles in "Halston," which neglects to understand the legend behind the fashions 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

The man, it turns out, was the musical genius Seán Ó Riada, who at the time was revolutionizing Irish music from within. His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland’s. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

Dearest #NelsanEllis , may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, you phenomenally talented genius.... 'True Blood' Star Nelsan Ellis Dies at 39 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

This is an age when we are hungry for heroes, and Jobs was an exceptional man, with a real genius for both design and showmanship. Unusual timing for Mike Daisey's Steve Jobs show 2011-10-13T18:57:03Z

The initial spectacle of mediocrity condescending to genius is painful, but the subsequent triumph of self-taught brilliance over credentialed ignorance is thrilling to witness. Review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Will Make You Rethink Race 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, his character, while entertaining enough, isn’t the kind of magnetic draw that Hugh Laurie’s crabby genius immediately was in House. TV Tonight: Rake 2014-01-23T14:29:22Z

He says, “You have to surprise yourself every time you touch this gold we have in our hands, left by the big geniuses of the past.” ‘A very not normal life’: Gianandrea Noseda, the NSO’s next music director 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jay writes that in the 19th century, artistic genius “was often construed as unbound by nonaesthetic considerations — cognitive, ethical, or whatever.” How the Myth of the Artistic Genius Excuses the Abuse of Women 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

To a genius like Chopin, having a distinctive voice and giving vent to his inspirations were more important than achieving some level of quantifiable greatness. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z

He's the genius of the concerto's title, after all – we want to hear him thunder. 'Concerto for a Genius' shows promise, but needs more fire from the piano 2011-01-16T15:56:00Z

"Don Van Vliet was an American maverick visionary genius who single-handedly changed the face of music," he wrote. Captain Beefheart: stars pay tribute to a musical maverick 2010-12-21T10:17:05Z

A friend, a musical genius and the most lovable person. Quotes on Phil Ramone from luminaries 2013-03-31T00:03:08Z

It was Dahl's genius to think of children as individuals, and dole out their delights in ever wittier and more inventive form without ever losing sight of their vulnerability. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: will it work as a musical? 2013-06-20T13:24:01Z

"I hear that I think, 'This guy is a genius,'" Wilson says with a chuckle. The Maddening Marketing of Bill Murray 2010-08-05T09:15:00Z

I was a bit afraid of Plath – her genius, and her suffering. Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z

"Danaë," the pagan delight, is the most dramatic of the three — a full-throated stylistic homage to the inventive genius of Caravaggio, eight years Gentileschi's junior and a close friend in Rome. Getty purchases Gentileschi's radiant 'Danaë,' now owns 2 of 3 paintings in a set 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

We are lucky to find inspiration and genius onstage and just as often discover disaster, but audiences, I suspect, would be happy with at least the option for something in between. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Holiday Wish for Better Holiday Theater 2010-12-23T00:24:33Z

Stout has a genius for combining found objects in ways that appear simultaneously natural and strange. In the galleries: D.C. artist summons the supernatural in the everyday 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Donald Trump regularly struggles to form a coherent sentence, but many Americans believe him a genius, because he is a billionaire. “Real Americans” vs. “Coastal Elites”: What right-wing sneers at city dwellers really mean 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

“Her love of fashion, her becoming such a genius at using fashion as a creative expression, that’s sort of blossomed in the last couple years,” Mr. Ottenberg said. Rihanna’s Style Has a Name: Mel Ottenberg 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Unlike Kanye, she did not equate herself with the geniuses of silhouette, and drown her clothing in bombast. Rihanna and the Fashion X Games 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

It’s a story about the crushing burden and fragility of genius, the cost of ambition, and the innate drive to describe the ineffable through equations, literature or art. ‘A Doubter’s Almanac,’ Ethan Canin’s Latest Novel, Has Real-Life Parallels 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

That and the nature of genius: “Genius people are, for me, like kind of ancient heroes. They got a gift from the gods.” Inside Dau, the 'Stalinist Truman Show': 'I had absolute freedom – until the KGB grabbed me' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

The first half is dedicated to the genius of the big three. "American Idol" book misses the right notes 2011-01-20T05:42:17Z

Chopin, the most original genius of the 19th century, is a good example. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z

For the past two decades, the MacArthur “genius” from Sarajevo has been writing smart essays, short stories and novels sparked with wit. ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

But if “Death Fugue” nods to those predecessors, it’s fueled entirely by Sheng’s own elixir of genius and rage. Review | Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Last year she won a so-called genius grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Sends Up America. Now It’s Coming to Broadway. 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

We’re doing the due diligence to think about how do you talk about the musical legacy of someone who was a genius but also came with a lot of baggage? Michael Jackson Musical Creators: ‘We’re Not Judge and Jury’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

Korean mothers want to know how so many Jewish people became geniuses.” How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

She was a genius at self-creation and made herself into an actress and a star. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z

Csikszentmihalyi developed his theory of “flow” by studying artists, inventors, and creative geniuses. Why you can’t stop playing Flappy Bird 2014-02-14T12:50:00Z

Pyramid was much more accessible than, say, Jeopardy: the game required quick thinking and verbal acuity, but you didn’t have to be a trivia genius to clear a board. How I Won Big on $100,000 Pyramid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

He assumed his mantle would be passed down to his grandson, because the men in his family develop their genius a little late. Feminism has come to "Mrs. Maisel" – dad feminism, that is 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z

He was a creative genius and a driven entrepreneur. ‘Action Park’ Looks Back in Amusement and Terror 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

"I went in yesterday, and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius,'" Trump said. Howard Stern slams the right for supporting "scumbag" Putin: "I used to love the Republicans" 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

“I thought I was a genius,” she reflects on “Axe,” “but now I’m 22.” Lorde Opts Out on the Provocatively Subdued ‘Solar Power’ 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

“We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don’t pay ... A genius actress, but cheapness also, no?” Meryl Streep lambasts Karl Lagerfeld over Oscars dress 'slander' 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

God is fair; you can’t be a genius in all areas of life. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: Johnny Galecki of 'The Big Bang Theory' 2011-09-15T17:15:07Z

Warhol was a giant of American culture and likely this country's last genius. 15 Minutes of Fame Is Too Much. Try 6 Seconds. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

RS's near-contemporary, Dylan Thomas, gleefully burnished his image as a young Bohemian genius, and Yeats, one of his poetic heroes, certainly took his own mythic persona very seriously. RS Thomas: Serial Obsessive by M Wynn Thomas – review 2013-04-06T08:30:19Z

A few days later I reached Dr. Geller, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., and the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, known as the “genius grant.” All the World in a ‘Slice’ of Art 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Pet Sematary by Stephen King A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books. Carlos Ruiz Zaf?n's top 10 20th-century gothic novels 2010-06-02T09:17:00Z

Giant crevices form the walls of his home and lab, which the hairy genius lords over like some troll deity, dividing his spare time between working with weights and getting angrily drunk. Ex Machina: Can Two Wily Men Outsmart a Gorgeous Robot? 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Byron ranked him with Coleridge as "the first of these times in point of power and genius". George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z

You feel claustrophobic and the genius was you are waiting for something to happen, and you keep waiting, and you feel you are there with her character, feeling what she does. Casper Van Dien's career reflections, from "Starship Troopers" to his recent "creepy white dude" era 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

“You could show that. It wouldn’t detract from Mankiewicz’s genius and Welles’s genius.” Who Wrote ‘Citizen Kane’? It’s No Mystery 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z

Evan and his ilk are called the “believers,” Bathurst’s crew are the “nihilists,” and Jason Mantzoukas plays a tech genius who controls his fancy gadgets with pronouncements like “Open weapons room door!” ‘Infinite’ Review: Stuck in a Loop 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

The music was genius; the charge was serious. Three kings bearing gifts: Prince, Jay-Z and Kanye 2011-12-11T23:56:01Z

That’s Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old mathematical genius for whom walking down the street or holding a conversation is a herculean challenge. 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' Opens on Broadway 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

I'm amused by the number of comment geniuses whose idea of "advice" is to fly first or business class. How to Stay Comfortable on a Long Flight 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

"His genius as artist & comedian will B missed & his support of R troops no doubt was much appreciated by all who serve." Robin Williams' USO tours made him a familiar face to military crowds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

What upsets Daniel is that Julian may be a genius, but he’s no gentleman. Julian Assange and The Fifth Estate: Wiki Wacky Who? 2013-09-08T20:27:10Z

And the most discussed work of art this year about the sexist assumptions underpinning our notions of artistic genius did not come from a novel or movie. If Comedy Is Making You Feel Bad, You’re Not Paying Attention 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

It was tough having two jobs, but it was worth it to subsidise Julian's undiscovered genius. Digested read: Last Night At Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger 2010-08-09T23:05:00Z

My own interest in Liszt has always been sustained by his sometimes bizarre balancing act between fulfillment and insufficiency, between genius and empty gesture. Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z

First, Rhodes’s history makes clear that innovations in energy are rarely the work of one genius and happen at a slow, incremental pace, marked by frequent setbacks as well as serendipity and happenstance. A History of the Energy We Have Consumed 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

The sad answer to that question, however, is: someone like Jimi Hendrix, whose genius, artistic miscegenation, willingness to shatter boundaries and personal confusion ultimately left him a vulnerable, isolated figure amid innumerable sycophants and fans. Music: Beyond the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2010-02-27T03:40:00Z

But generally the tone of the show was thoughtful levity, with something close to genius in the way it circumnavigated the uncomfortable associations of the hymn to cultural supremacy that ends the last act. Review: ‘Meistersinger,’ Wagner’s Playful Paean to Culture, in London 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

"I saw him in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' and I thought he showed real genius. I am here paying my respects," said a tearful Mary Catherine Wright, who lives nearby. Family, actors mourn Philip Seymour Hoffman at private funeral 2014-02-08T00:27:11Z

He suggests that Johnson’s achievements on first becoming president demonstrated “political genius in action.” Critic’s Notebook: At the LBJ Presidential Library, Giving Nuance to History 2014-04-08T22:44:54Z

It sounds extremely sophisticated for a book aimed at fourth graders and up — kindness, brilliant color and scraps of poetry as salvation — and that’s the key to DiCamillo’s genius. Kate DiCamillo’s New Novel May Be Her Finest Yet 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The genius of “Incidental Moments” is in how it extends this social and verbal uneasiness within a family to embrace the most important and divisive subjects of the day. Review: A Family Gropes for Words in ‘Incidental Moments’ 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

He received many literary honors and in 1981 was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, also known as a genius grant. Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate whose poetry celebrated the Caribbean, dies at 87 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

What makes you better than me, shout the pitchfork wielding mob of self-published Kindle authors as they loom over the prostrate figure of the fallen literary genius. New pulp fictioneers are ready to rock'n'roll 2012-05-29T13:14:20Z

I had hoped to find out if he was a genius or a lunatic – but I fear I leave none the wiser. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z

Dylan was so unable to look after himself and he was such a fool, apart from also being a genius. Life and death of Dylan Thomas: BBC biopic to mark poet's centenary 2012-12-09T19:00:44Z

A coda following the concerto may not tie up the larger themes of genius and insanity but does resolve some relationships in the way you would expect from a melodrama set in 1958. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

Yet the story of writer Solomon Rabinovitch is, in the fascinating, valuable documentary "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness," broader and deeper than the résumé of a singular comic writer of genius. 'Sholem Aleichem' documents 'the Jewish Mark Twain' 2011-09-29T20:01:06Z

The pictures might be taken by a robo-security apparatus designed by a genius of geometry. Moonrise Kingdom: Escapees from a Doll House 2012-05-16T20:52:43Z

“Have you ever noticed, the women of color writers who are championed as ingenues or geniuses are almost always light-skinned?” Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

The Zero Theorem, a fantasy starring Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz as an eccentric computer genius trying to discover the meaning of life, is about to start shooting in Bucharest. Matt Damon to make bald cameo in Terry Gilliam film 2012-10-11T10:47:08Z

At customs, he boldly announced that he “had nothing to declare but his genius.” ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

“Art is the great democrat,” it reads, “calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.” Perspective | This legendary street artist has done walls, shoes and Bieber albums. Now he’s trying opera. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

One of the purposes of The Rest Is Noise festival is to do away with the cult of genius – the 19th century idea of the composer as a holy, untouchable figure. The Rest Is Noise festival to launch at Southbank Centre in 2013 2012-11-27T15:56:26Z

"The occasional romanticism is counterbalanced by Rattigan's genius for barely expressed emotion," agrees our own Michael Billington. What to say about ... Flare Path with Sienna Miller 2011-03-15T15:50:48Z

Besides Meg, who’s a genius at math, the Murry family includes the preschool prodigy Charles Wallace. Perspective | ‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Let’s hope the movie is better than the book 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

Weaving together interviews with archival footage and performances, the show reflects on the members’ lyrical genius, entrepreneurship and sociopolitical consciousness, which still resonates with audiences. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Pose’ and ‘Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

"There's Carol the genius! Carol with the New York apartment! Carol the cat lady!" All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

But we got them all together to discuss the silliness behind the genius, and they absorbed it. How we made: Peter Shaffer and Felicity Kendal on Amadeus 2013-01-14T18:59:01Z

But the more you look at his life, or the life of any other genius, you realise that this was a process. David Shenk's bright idea: Genius isn't in the genes 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z

But marooned far from the theater world, Felix must pull this off using only the magic of his own artistic genius and a crew of prisoners at a local correctional facility. Margaret Atwood rewrites Shakespeare. Who will do it next — Gillian Flynn? Yes. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

That quasi-religious belief in every person’s potential for genius persists in the ethos of mainstream contemporary art. Inspiration Made Concrete in ‘Self-Taught Genius’ Exhibition 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

The sweatshirt, he thought, was a “genius” way of expressing that. Valentino Wants Everyone to Get Vaxxed — and Cloned 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

Like, I have this little theory that a lot of today's geniuses don't even go into the field of art any more. Frank Ocean: 'I told y'all my album would be the best!' 2012-12-13T23:59:02Z

I think he’s, in a lot of ways, a genius. The 1975’s Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

But the signs of his genius were already evident. Dwayne Johnson: fast, furious and fun 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

It’s an easy and possibly cynical move — and a plot point that has already brought the show a ton of press attention — but it’s also kind of genius. Perspective | Rebooted Roseanne is a proud ‘deplorable.’ Can she be the Trump era’s Archie Bunker? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

From Bernie Sanders to Graydon Carter, men of a certain age embrace an unruly hairstyle that suggests mad genius or regal slob. A Watch With Snob Appeal for Under $1,000? Six Watch Insiders Offer Picks 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes.” Actor James Gandolfini, who created Tony Soprano, dies in Italy at 51 2013-06-20T03:08:11Z

Some of Dickinson’s admirers felt otherwise, but I still insist that the movie and Cynthia Nixon’s central performance brought the poet’s idiosyncratic, indelible genius to life. ‘Benediction’ Review: A Poet’s Life, in Love and War 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

The New York Times found in Keilson, who is a psychiatrist, penetrating understanding of human nature, describing the two novels as "masterpieces" and Keilson as a "genius". German resistance centenarian Hans Keilson wins UK deal for war novel 2010-10-17T21:50:00Z

Auden — who himself aspired to be “a minor Atlantic Goethe” — championed this “last universal genius” in several characteristically brilliant essays. A new look at Goethe, a one-time cultural celebrity 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

In an e-mail, Adult Swim described "Rick & Morty" as "a 30-minute animated series that follows a genius inventor grandfather and his less than genius grandson, and the journeys in life they share." ArtsBeat: Adult Swim Orders an Animated Series From 'Community' Creator 2012-10-29T16:14:10Z

Henson the subversive advertising genius is just one of the lesser-known identities the exhibition reveals. And a Frog Shall Lead Them: Henson?s Legacy 2011-08-18T20:16:26Z

“Everybody had a childhood and I wanted to address the childhood of these geniuses.” How Drake’s $100 Million Bet Saved the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

The genius of “Overwatch” is how incredibly balanced the game is. Year’s top video games satisfy fans of sports, ‘Star Wars’ and even cooking 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

“But since his passing, I’ve realized that the writing most readers go back to for glimpses of his genius are nonfiction.” A Provocative Satirist Left a Pervasive Legacy, Influencing African Writing 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

Is every October at the cinema going to turn up a new reason to reflect on the genius of Judy Garland? Streaming: where to find Judy Garland films online 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z

None of her roles has found her tending to a genius husband or playing the straight girl to a funny boyfriend. A Star Crosses Hollywood Boundaries at the Border 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

In Michael Jordan, of course, they had a genius to watch. Literary giants at play 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

It was not until the Mozart began that the genius of this pairing on the program became obvious. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z

In the world within Harkness's book, witches, vampires and preternatural geniuses called daemons live secretly among humans. 'A Discovery of Witches': at Oxford University, unrest among the supernatural set 2011-02-17T21:27:04Z

That was followed by weak results for "Turbo" last year and continued with "Mr. Peabody & Sherman", a time-travel comedy about a talking genius dog and the boy he adopts, released in March. 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman' push DreamWorks into loss 2014-04-29T23:15:45Z

In fact, the genius of his book is that at the end of the journey, the child reader is left like Milo - knowing that there's more to learn, and that they want to learn it. Summer Voyages: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster 2013-07-17T09:16:27Z

With improvements in hygiene, it’s now possible to achieve genius with a 40:60 perspiration-inspiration ratio. Style Invitational Week 1320: Questionable journalism 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

There is something incredibly charming about seeing talk show host Conan O'Brien deconstruct the genius of Abraham Lincoln — not Lincoln the president, but Lincoln the self-deprecating comedian. CNN's "Lincoln" docuseries is a fascinating treasure trove for fans of the best Republican president 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

"It's an example of something they did that was at first perceived to be weird but then it turned out to be genius," said Dan Lin, a producer of "The Lego Movie." '22 Jump Street': Phil Lord, Chris Miller are a fresh brand in comedy 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

As a child, she was a musical genius, born with perfect pitch. Toni Morrison: First Lady of Letters 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

His novels are better known than his stories, but it is in the latter that his genius shows fullest, and where his style works best. Writers pick their favourite short stories 2011-01-04T14:28:46Z

It’s dynamic, at times volcanic, like artistic genius is supposed to be, but it can also have a comedic, even ironic quality. At 7 Art Galleries, the Ecstatic Flow of Paint and the Stories It Can Tell 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

“I saw that ad and thought it was genius, innovative, creative, authentic.” This marijuana-smoking, Confederate flag-burning Senate candidate is having a ball 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

The song was such an immediate and lasting hit — Mr. Lipton called it his “MacArthur ‘genius’ grant” — that it allowed him to leave his job and move to California. Lenny Lipton, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ Lyricist and 3-D Film Pioneer, Dies at 82 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

The man was a genius, after all, one of the greatest children’s writers of the 20th century. Perspective | Roald Dahl was anti-Semitic. Do we need his family’s apology now? 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s another masterpiece, perhaps the best one for demonstrating Balanchine’s structural genius to a newcomer: Truly, you can’t miss it. City Center’s Balanchine Festival Lacked a Balanchine Quality: Boldness 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

“The MacArthur Foundation called me one day to say I was a genius.” “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Eugene does not exactly seem like a genius. The Walking Dead Watch: 'No Sanctuary' 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

In the aftermath of the mostly-white, mostly-male Oscar nominations earlier this year, many pundits lamented the fact that the Oscars seemed so focus on the “complicated genius” profile. Blame Male Geniuses for Hollywood's Diversity Problem 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

"He's been called a saviour, a revolutionary, a genius," the publicists declare. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey ? review 2011-04-10T04:00:00Z

As portrayed in galvanizing performances by David Oyelowo and Tom Wilkinson, these two canny political players emerge as fascinating, often contradictory characters, one whose genius lies in grass-roots activism, the other in Washington ­realpolitik. Film fact-checking is here to stay. So let’s agree on some new rules. 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

A genius move on the part of Succession was to fold in elements of Brian Cox’s life into his character. Succession's 10 best moments: from Boar on the Floor to excruciating phone sex 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

Whether Mr. Fischer was a naïve genius whose work embodied primal truths, or simply a madman who practiced a musicalized form of ranting, is the subject of continuing debate. Wild Man Fischer, Outsider Musician, Dies at 66 2011-06-18T00:30:30Z

Because they are better at ensembles than at titanic individual genius. For this globe-trotting Hamlet, all the world’s a stage 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Thundercat’s genius lies in his ability to both reinvent that frayed calculus and combine it with a hilarious streak of absurdist postmodern irony and fluorescent intergalactic symphonies. Think there can’t be a jazz-funk fusion superstar in 2020? Then you don’t know Thundercat. 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

That Don's creative genius stems in some way from his damaged and hidden past is apparent, but this season has shown Don's demons in danger of overwhelming him and nobody wants that. Mad Men recap – season six, episode 13: In Care Of 2013-06-26T22:00:00Z

But of course some parents actually produce a bona fide genius. VIDEO: Living with a child genius 2013-06-10T10:56:43Z

More pressing, for instance, was a desire to understand Jocelin, whether he was saint or sinner, genius or madman. Reading group: The Spire's many meanings 2013-04-15T10:34:02Z

“Notfilm” leaves you with the unmistakable sense of “Film” as a failed, fascinating experiment, a grand harnessing of craft and creative genius that couldn’t gel into coherence. When Samuel Beckett Tried to Capture the Power of the Movies 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

With geniuses, it’s very difficult to portray them and really get a hold on what they’re doing. Gael García Bernal on His Surprise Golden Globes Win for 'Mozart in the Jungle' 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

The film follows Will as those around him, including a psychotherapist played by Robin Williams, learn of his genius, and he reckons with the direction of his future. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘American Masters: Roberta Flack’ 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

As ever I'll be assisted by the fabulous Ladyribenaberet, who will be scouring the comment box for comic genius for the final time, and sending highlights over for me to post in the main blog. The Apprentice final - live blog 2011-07-17T19:29:00Z

It’s a reminder that the California dream of entrepreneurial reinvention requires not only creative genius but also the appreciative taste of willing consumers. Gold rush opportunists, hippie goat ladies: California entrepreneurs dream of cheese 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

“I’ve teased her that the New York Times has many people who think they are geniuses,” said Dean Baquet, the paper’s executive editor, but “she’s the only person who has been officially declared one.” How the 1619 Project took over 2020 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

It then dawned on me that whoever or whatever took over me when I decided to start selling empanadas was a genius. How empanadas gave me a sense of belonging 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

Much of this is because of Puccini’s genius for emotional immediacy, but the performance also featured a strong cast, sound direction and acute, delicate conducting by the festival’s music director, Joseph Colaneri. ‘An American Tragedy’ and More at Glimmerglass 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

This happened with Christina Stead’s “The Man Who Loved Children,” which I hated the first three times I tried to read it, then on the fourth, I discovered it to be a work of genius. Lauren Groff: By the Book 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

I started eating there in the mid-70s when the counter was manned by a trio of insult comedians, true geniuses. The East Village, Home of Punks and Poets: Here’s a Tour 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

Yet many in the overflow crowd surely realized that two young recipients of MacArthur Fellowships, or "genius grants," were demonstrating exactly why they won the accolades. Sound of genius: Ken Vandermark, Jason Moran 2011-02-07T14:55:20Z

Without getting too wonky, "Breaking the Code" also transmits the blazing scientific passion and genius that, by breaking the Enigma code, prevented a crippling Nazi blockade of Britain. Review: 'Breaking the Code' deciphers the life and restrictive times of a British hero 2010-09-16T22:23:00Z

“The genius of Marc Coulier notwithstanding, it was always our design that there would be something unresolved about the identity of the performance of Klemperer.” How ‘Suspiria’ Transformed Tilda Swinton Into an 82-Year-Old Man 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Known colloquially as “genius” grants, the fellowships are designed to “encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” MacArthur will give 25 new fellows $625,000 each to pursue ‘high-risk, high-reward’ work 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

"Only half the term 'mad genius' could be applied to Reichelt," was the tart observation of one unsympathetic onlooker from Le Gaulois newspaper. Marion Cotillard to star in next Dardenne brothers film 2013-02-26T17:34:48Z

This entirely fresh innovative and powerful presentation of a new musical form, coupled with Conor McPherson’s superb storytelling and the poetic musical genius of Bob Dylan, made our yearly trip to New York most memorable. Upon Further Review: Readers Tell Us What Deserved to Be Top 10 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

He may even be the "shining genius" his ads say he is. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z

Some may think it’s a joke, but we think she’s a genius. Octogenarian restorer strikes again! 2012-08-24T23:30:00Z

The real Hitchcock’s great flaw, apparently, was that he was at once a genius and a private man, a combination that has allowed some writers and filmmakers to have their insultingly imaginative way with him. Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock,’ With Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren 2012-11-22T22:23:25Z

What this wry, shy genius created in one slim volume was not simply a collection of moving poetry but a “gazetteer of the English heart”. A Worcestershire lad 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

In her performances, “you don’t see the cogs turning. You assume that level of genius and perfection. It’s commonplace, on a less showy and performative level.” Sally Field’s relentless quest for respect: ‘The roles I cared about deeply I had to fight for’ 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

To be optimistic, the human genius for inventing social structures will mean that new forms of settlement we can't quite imagine will begin to emerge. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

Playing Falstaff in his own film, Welles dramatized his own character, his own genius, his own afflictions, with an agonized self-awareness. Orson Welles's Mighty “Chimes at Midnight” 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

And then he dismantles the idea of the genius coder. A Journey — if You Dare — Into the Minds of Silicon Valley Programmers 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

THE journey from nutter to genius can be short. Heavens above 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

How come it's taken so long for someone of your musical genius to be recognised by the Proms? Wallace: 'I have a feeling Gromit has a hankering to be a composer himself' 2012-07-26T19:30:01Z

This wasn't a perfect crime executed by a genius, a concept that has long been fetishized in the genre. "The Investigation" eschews salaciousness for a bleak yet poignant Scandi noir take on true crime 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

When new, “O Rangasayee” convinced many who saw it that Mr. Morris had genius as both a creator and performer. Review: Mark Morris Is a Citizen of the World at the White Light Festival 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Seeming and being were, and remain, magnetic poles of Basquiat’s genius, and elements of a fungible myth. Let’s Pause to Appreciate Basquiat’s Hundred-Million-Dollar Painting 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

Her special genius at this moment is for drifting through life, doing as little as possible. Review: ‘Pond’ Makes Misanthropy Compelling 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

It was important for him during his whole life to be tough, but this was a guy who was an out-and-out a musical genius, who heard too much, who felt too much. The peak of Sinatra’s power: “Every Sinatra performance was acting. His greatest performance was as himself” 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

To an undiscerning eye, the style may have belied his genius. Dick Bruna, illustrator who delighted young readers with Miffy the white rabbit, dies at 89 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Parsons may play a genius, but he's having a tough time getting his head around the show's current success. 'Big Bang' cast celebrates success 2013-03-14T11:31:06Z

It helps that she is something of a specialist in the lives of histrionic male geniuses of the 19th century. A Life of Nietzsche Turns the Spotlight on an Idol Long Misunderstood 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

In a stroke of contractual genius, Ms. MacDowell does much of her acting on the first two episodes through a TV screen. Television Review: ?Jane by Design? on ABC Family ? Review 2012-01-03T00:20:55Z

In the new panels, the audience gets a glimpse at Riri’s early childhood when her parents first discover that she’s a “super genius.” Here's a First Look at Marvel's New Iron Man, Riri Williams 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Fresh off their Grammy-winning best historical recording of Hank Williams “The Garden Spot Programs, 1950,” Omnivore jumps three decades forward to celebrate unsung pop genius Scott Miller and his band Game Theory. Throwbacks: Vinyl and digital reissues of note for winter-spring 2015 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

“If this is what he writes when he hates an instrument,” he chuckles, “that just speaks his genius.” Symphony flutist in spotlight at Benaroya, on NBC 2013-02-21T23:21:17Z

The president has called Mr. Musk “one of our great geniuses,” likening him to Thomas Edison. Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

The true genius is that they do not disappoint when you do. The greatest ever album covers 2012-07-06T16:00:14Z

Cohaagen is a delectable villain for Schwarzenegger to knock off, but he’s not an evil genius with some generic or arbitrary plans to be unraveled. Total Recall at 30: a thrilling reminder of Paul Verhoeven at his best 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

“There were a lot of thefts of famous people’s graves in an attempt to see why that person was a genius,” Mr. Colls said. Alas, Poor William Shakespeare. Where Does His Skull Rest? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

“I made this money because the system is so bad,” Icahn says, “not because I’m a genius.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

Did you always dream that one day you would play a billionaire tech genius with an obscure genetic disease? In ‘Next,’ a ‘Mad Men’ Star Gets Madder 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

Bausch's genius was always for revealing the individuality of her performers, but in this staging of Kontakthof, it acquires a new and infinitely tender twist. Kontakthof | Dance review 2010-04-02T20:30:00Z

I read his poems and told him he was a genius. Why I went back to my ex-boyfriends, one by one 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Poet Edward Lear was a genius at writing "nonsense" verse. Two hundred years of nonsense 2012-05-22T07:39:49Z

As one of today's workers puts it, "We are Catalan. We owe it to him to finish this temple and show his genius to the world." 'Sagrada' visits Gaudí's cathedral, built with faith 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

We love the legend of the mad genius, the artist whose unchained mind offers the clearest view of the truth of our world. How much did Robert Lowell's manic-depression affect his poetry? A new biography tries to find the answer 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

I am hopeful that momentum from the "me too" movement will help put limits on the behavior of these musical geniuses, but it would be a tragedy for them to fade away. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Her brother Phil, writing in 2000, described her as "a genius and a polymath", adding: "I do not use the terms lightly." Connie Converse: The first singer-songwriter 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

“Inclusivity” and “transparency” are the mottos of the moment, rather than “elitism” and “genius,” and brands and those who represent them are bending over backward to demonstrate their sensitivity. In ‘Cruella,’ Fashion Is Toxic 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Playwright David Hare said today that Vidal didn't have "a fictional bone in his body", but that he was a "genius essayist". The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z

A widely praised film about a wayward media mogul — with genius galore, but no central sympathetic character — was up against a sentimental, well-wrought family drama set in the United Kingdom. The Reasons Why the Oscar Race Is Already Over 2011-01-31T09:15:00Z

The impeccable timing, musical knowledge and vocal dexterity employed in this seven-plus-minute vocal improvisation exemplifies musical genius. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

There is an assumption embedded in the figure of the artistic genius — that every faculty must be directed toward the art, leaving life behind. Lesley Manville Has Waited Long Enough 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

"The more I choreograph, the more I learn to benefit from my dancers' moments of genius," Naharin said, speaking by phone from Israel's Galilee region. Israel's Batsheva Dance Company visits Royce Hall in celebratory mood 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

No one denied Miller's marketing genius, but many singers said he was too controlling and sacrificed artistry for sales by having them record light-hearted songs, novelty tunes or songs from outside their typical genres. "Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 2010-08-02T21:48:00Z

Isn't art about using your talents to express yourself rather than slavishly copying another's genius? How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z

Here is where, I argued, the heart — and genius — of his plays lie.  The genius of Edward Albee and the inner voice that brought difficult truths to the stage 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

With an unsympathetic, absolutist protagonist — a Roman warrior of genius who lacks, shall we say, social skills — political themes and lack of romance, it’s regarded as difficult to stage, let alone translate to film. Movies: ?Coriolanus?: Ralph Fiennes Debut as Film Director 2011-11-27T04:47:17Z

In other words, it was Humbert’s tragedy, but also possibly a work of comic genius. Behind the Kidnapping Case That Inspired ‘Lolita’ 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Russell, one of the most innovative writers working today, now has a MacArthur “genius” grant to help her on her way. The Week Ahead: a tribute to MLK Jr., Timberlake at the Key 2014-01-08T23:53:48Z

"It helped me so much to work with these geniuses." Hamlisch leads Seattle Symphony in salute to Streisand 2011-06-02T20:15:16Z

And before a large blackboard choked with Einstein calculations, his scruffy little genius soft-boiled an egg. Jean-Jacques Sempé, Cartoonist of Droll Whimsy, Dies at 89 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

But Oliver’s genius at being “witty, profane, and at the same time dead serious,” as Rick Edmonds of the media site Poynter put it, was valuable nonetheless. John Oliver’s newspaper rant hits a nerve: “We’ve watched it being not-so-slowly destroyed by forces beyond our control” 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Unexpectedly touching is a hastily written series of entries by Tennessee Williams from the 1950s; he was being hailed for his genius even as he languished in loneliness and anxiety, dependent on drugs and alcohol. Exhibition Review: Diarists Share Tales ? True or Not ? of Lives Richly Lived 2011-01-21T19:10:36Z

Why is it only me who thinks he's a genius? Digested read: Liberation: Diaries Volume Three: 1970–1983, by Christopher Isherwood 2012-06-17T18:00:01Z

The recording sessions that yielded the track have been distilled down in memory to a moment of discovered genius—lightning in a bottle. Percy Sledge, Pop Miracle 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Rules Don’t Apply, set mostly in late 1950s Los Angeles, is a fantasia, a fictional portrait of an eccentric genius in the later years of his life, with a jumbled love story folded in. Review: Rules Don't Apply Rambles, But Beatty as Howard Hughes Is Still Something to See 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

But I do think that this idea of everybody heralding the "auteur genius showrunner," we've got to get rid of that. TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z

Comedian Louis C.K. happened to be there on the night she riskily turned her nightmare into confessional genius and persuaded her to release it to the public. The half-hour heartbreak: Amazon’s new comedies find laughs in painful places 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

Stuart’s genius at evoking place, predicament and intense emotional states, is wonderfully served by the narrator, Angus King, a Scotsman himself. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is among the best audiobooks this month 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

They add to our appreciation of some of the genre’s mightiest geniuses—Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

Regardless, it’s not my brief to argue that creative geniuses are morally entitled to unlimited indulgence, with whatever resources they require, ratings or no, whatever their behavior. Community Without Dan Harmon? Suits Axe Auteur, and Fans Lose 2012-05-19T21:30:18Z

The designer, described by the museum as “a genius in the art of sculpting fabric into inventive fashions,” was the subject of an exhibition, “The Genius of Charles James,” in 1982 at the Brooklyn Museum. On the Runway Blog: After the Punks Come … Charles James. 2013-09-04T13:20:21Z

From Bernie Sanders to Graydon Carter, men of a certain age embrace an unruly hairstyle that suggests mad genius or regal slob. Festive Footwear and Other Whimsical Duds for the Holidays 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Simmons in an even smaller movie, unconventional in its look at artistic genius, picked up the supporting actor film award for his searingly maniacal music professor in "Whiplash" — brilliant, demanding and definitely unapologetic. Golden Globes 2015: Sweet wins for audacious filmaking 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

It would be years, and the gift of a ring, before I would be able to appreciate the remarkable genius of David Webb. T Magazine: The Ring Cycle 2011-11-28T15:00:57Z

He is a genius of the short theme, the intro and outro, the clip, the sound bite. Music Review: John Williams Birthday Concert at Tanglewood 2012-08-19T21:48:18Z

Mendelssohn was certainly a master of melody, a genius particularly evident in his “Songs Without Words.” Music Review: Perlman, Ma and Ax in Live From Lincoln Center 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z

You have to love the guy, who died at 31, ill, impoverished and neglected except by a circle of friends who were in awe of his genius. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z

If you’ve been lucky enough to see Taylor Mac live, it’s hard to argue with The New Yorker’s claim that his costume designer Machine Dazzle is a “genius.” Best Theater of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Picasso's politics were never in doubt, though this side of him is often pushed aside for a view of the artist as a protean genius and priapic monster. Picasso: War, peace and a life of extremes 2010-05-19T20:29:00Z

There’s a fascinating discussion to be had in that anecdote, about balancing the demands of work and domesticity, about deciding who gets to be the genius and who has to be the hausfrau. Perspective | Philip Roth and the sympathetic biographer: This is how misogyny gets cemented in our culture 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

She calls her dour employees "poets and geniuses." Girlboss, gratify, believe: Keeley of "Ted Lasso" takes control 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z

And I thought that was genius because the end game wasn’t to convert you. Michael Che’s New York State of Mind 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

It's his comfort value, not his genius, that has made Khayyam so popular. The World's Most Dangerous Place for Women, The Genius of Omar Khayyam and A Long Weekend With the Son of God | TV review 2010-03-31T05:45:00Z

That the response is the same but with an added question mark is an example of the light, absurdist poetry that makes Baron Cohen a genius. Rudy Giuliani, Maria Bakalova and an antisemitic cake: discuss Borat Subsequent Moviefilm with spoilers 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

A tormented young genius dreams only of hippos; the pictured hippo shifts from our-world gray to all the colors of the universe in the boy’s imagination. Showing the Indelible, Imperiled Bonds Between Animals and People 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

I think Lena Dunham’s a genius and I think “Girls” is a fantastically written show. Hannah Horvath is an existentialist: Talking to the authors of “Girls and Philosophy” 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

"It's extreme, it's camp, it's over-the-top - it's this web of genius and tragedy." Cavalier attitude 2011-04-06T08:07:56Z

The eccentric genius of the show is difficult to describe. Lucy Mangan on Arrested Development 2011-02-08T08:00:02Z

Every time I watch it I see something new that’s genius about the way it was shot. Billie Eilish Is in the Mood for Love (and a Weighted Blanket) 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Which he succeeded in doing, the diabolical genius. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

But while its dim fantasies about Hitchcock and the association of genius with psychosis can be written off as silly, they also smack of spiteful jealousy. Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock,’ With Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren 2012-11-22T22:23:25Z

But Titian's genius flares in one fantastic detail that makes this painting – warts and all – truly captivating. Titian discovery at National Gallery 2013-01-07T21:51:45Z

Alice B. Toklas said that when she was in the presence of genius a bell would ring in her head. When Walter Hopps Met Andy Warhol and Frank Stella 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

This year, it has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, a Grammy, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History and Miranda earned a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant. Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of 'Hamilton,' says goodbye 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z

I find that so intellectually insulting to these geniuses, the filmmakers. Peggy Siegal, Best Hostess in a Supporting Role 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z

We “are pleased to present Danaë in such close proximity to other related works by Titian, celebrating the genius and legacy of one of the world’s most influential painters.” Titian painting ‘Danae’ to go on display at National Gallery of Art

It tasted like simple genius — pure, unadorned fruit. Lessons from farmers: What I learned about cooking — and about respect

Spanning the late 15th to the early 18th centuries, these works provide a thumbnail history of the statuette form that covers innovations, Florentine flourishing, the spread to Northern Europe and reigning geniuses. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z

“She’s the best! She amazes me! That woman is a genius!” said Luca Costigliolo, 43, who lives in Genoa and designs, wears and teaches historical costuming at the School of Historical Dress in London. ‘Bridgerton’ Is Just the Beginning 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

In February 2008, Mr. Nicholls highlighted the rock-star fervor whipped up by devotees of Georgetown Cupcake, a bakery whose marketing genius was in packaging cupcakes as designer treats retailing for several dollars each. Walter Nicholls, Washington Post Food section reporter, dies at 64

In a climactic chase scene, White intercuts different Coleman performances, on trumpet and saxophone, with a hectic brevity that treats the jazz genius’s improvisations like actual movie music without betraying their originality. Ornette Coleman’s Inspired Soundtrack for “Who’s Crazy?” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

I particularly like how he avoids the easy angle of framing Buck as the devious cultural interloper and Tsiang as the misunderstood genius. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

We fetishize genius because it is too much work to figure out the complicated, often technical and sometimes arcane discourse of art, or music or science. Perspective | Netflix’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ is a revenge fantasy against elites — making it perfect for the age of Trump 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

The movie is full of such moments of low genius. Fast Five: The First Great Post-Human Movie 2011-04-28T11:20:00Z

The film continues the story of Stark, a genius industrialist who builds metal suits loaded with gadgets. 'Iron Man 2' blasts past original with $133.6M 2010-05-09T20:46:00Z

But this introduction to Chaplin shines whenever he performs, displaying his comic genius for doing everything wrong to absolute perfection. ‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ Review: Not Enough Funny Business 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

She said she resented the fact that her father was increasingly hailed as an acting genius. Klaus Kinski repeatedly raped me during my childhood, claims daughter 2013-01-10T19:11:34Z

Its genius is in this framing: by transplanting a southern gent into the neon-lit excesses of New York City, it’s able to approach the counter-culture through innocent eyes, providing an outsider’s view of the outsiders. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Midnight Cowboy 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

They had to improvise — another spectacular manifestation of American genius — a hell of a lot more than the rest of us. Ken Burns: Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

In Maugham’s “The Moon and Sixpence,” the stockbroker-turned-artist Strickland is posthumously recognized as a genius. Photos, Perhaps, Show a Rare Glimpse of Gauguin in Tahiti 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

But he was a genius so we forgive him! Well Hello, Dolly: Mileva Marić, Albert Einstein and the myth of the Great Man 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

Most of it is set in Maine and could be set nowhere else, and she is a genius. Read Your Way Through Maine 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

But in his heart, Luke is a playwright, a secret genius far from the London theater world, waiting for his big break. ‘Fallout,’ by Sadie Jones, a tale of passion and imperfect love in 1970s London theater world

There's very few geniuses that are shooting across the sky like Shakespeare or Dylan. In Coens' Cannes hit, Oscar Isaac gets his break 2013-05-21T13:42:10Z

Because she wears a helmet, she’s been called Athena in the past, though she probably represents some regional genius loci modeled, at a remove of thousands of miles, on Greco-Roman prototypes. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z

That approach allows Mr. Duffy to supply answers to the question, “How, in short, could a poet of genius systematically erase his own life — unwrite it?” Books of The Times: The Prodigy Burned Out. Why Not Blame Mom? 2011-08-23T20:39:20Z

Milch, for all of his reputed genius, is an example of how this can go awry. “Deadwood” fans, rejoice: the movie is alive at HBO!…But so is “Confederate” 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

To be remotely close to that genius, is something very special. Ishion Hutchinson on his poetry and the inspiration of Lee 'Scratch' Perry 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Their relationship begins when Penny falls down in the law office of mega-mogul tech genius C. Linus Maxwell, and he gives her a hand up into a radically different life as “the Nerd’s Cinderella.” Book World: ‘Beautiful You’ by Chuck Palahniuk

The result is a unique amalgam of Italian exuberance and artistic genius joined to French subtlety and classical restraint. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Ms. Rankine was awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant last year, and said that she planned to use part of that prize money to explore whiteness. Claudia Rankine Wins Bobbitt Poetry Prize 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

It was Frederick Ashton's genius to find poetry in the most whimsical and featherlight of material. Cinderella 2010-04-12T21:00:00Z

For the production of genius, it seems, Northern Neck soil was especially rich. Virginia’s Lost History 2012-11-22T18:48:32Z

This Genius Recipe from actual culinary genius Marcella Hazan is ready in a mere 10 minutes. 30 easy soup recipes to slurp all winter long 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

That people believe the song fits both a cold December in North Carolina and decidedly non-wintry Los Angeles illustrates the song's subtle, genius malleability. The solace of Joni Mitchell's "River," a holiday song that defies merry and bright expectations 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

His bit with the interior decorating swatchboard for his and Finn's shared room was genius. How to make "Glee" sing in its second season 2010-06-09T11:40:00Z

Mr. Whitehead, 46, may be used to great reviews and enviable prizes, like the MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called genius grant, which he received in 2002. Colson Whitehead on Slavery, Success and Writing the Novel That Really Scared Him 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

King is a genius at pulling his readers into the affective space of an ordinary central character. Joyland by Stephen King – review 2013-06-12T06:31:01Z

Mike Nichols is a genius who uses his powers to make us laugh and cry and think and feel more alive. Remembering Mike Nichols: Twitter Tributes and Times Reviews 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

He was, among other accomplishments, “the greatest genius in human history.” ‘State Funeral’ Review: Saying Goodbye to Stalin 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

I was exalted and excoriated, hailed as a genius, reviled as a charlatan and mistaken for both a rock star and a bag of garbage. ?You Me Bum Bum Train? in London Is a Wild Ride for One 2010-07-27T21:27:00Z

This is the fourth volume in the Hemingway Library series, and to read it is to be shocked again by the fecundity of his genius. Perspective | On Hemingway and the ideal of masculinity 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

But it was the way in which she illuminated states of feeling with a voice that had a Rembrandt-like genius for shading that touched my soul. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

I think he's probably been told he's a f___ing genius for most of his life. Face-Off: The Makings of the Facebook Movie 2010-09-23T08:15:00Z

Its very essence, at the very start, was that Maria’s really a genius. Mitch Hurwitz digs deep on “Lady Dynamite” — and gives “Arrested Development” details: “We’re ready to go at a moment’s notice” 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

It gave me a phenomenal basis in understanding contemporary American music and an incredible perspective on systematic racism, colonialism and also great genius. Garbage’s Shirley Manson Thrives on Unapologetic Heroines 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

But reaching the indefinable genius of the Orchestra's most famous compositions may prove impossible. Portico Quartet/Penguin Cafe ? review 2011-02-09T19:30:01Z

A recent review of Lortie’s recording of the waltzes called it “Chopin playing of sublime genius.” Louis Lortie runs through a Chopin marathon 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Erin Moran, A Girl Called Eddy A filthy mind, a rascal heart, France’s Dylan and a genius musician to boot. Serge Gainsbourg, introduction to a provocateur 2011-09-02T20:20:00Z

In a single line, she sums up the message of pretty much every Best Picture nominee this year: “Being a genius like me is hard.” Blame Male Geniuses for Hollywood's Diversity Problem 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Most of us would be happier to share bodily fluids with another human than be transparent about our earnings I’ve certainly met far more poverty-stricken geniuses than I’ve encountered impressive millionaires in my lifetime. My partner lives in my home - but what is fair financially? | Mariella Frostrup 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, the storm passed, making way for Beethoven’s own thunderstorm in the work’s fourth movement: evidently mountain weather’s deference to artistic genius. Salonen Replaces James Levine at the Verbier Festival 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

It remains unclear whether Lin-Manuel Miranda — the multi-talented MacArthur “genius grant” recipient who wrote the book, music and lyrics and stars as the first Treasury secretary — will join the Washington production. ‘Hamilton’ is coming to the Kennedy Center 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

You get all that, and in a minor stroke of editing genius, you almost never see the cook's face, just his wildly multitalented hands. The 15 Best YouTube Channels to Watch Right Now 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

"I saw 'Bug' on stage in New York and thought it was genius," said Friedkin. Emile Hirsch plays 'Killer Joe,' a trailer park Hamlet 2012-08-09T22:00:06Z

These are just tentative thoughts about the genius of Rembrandt. The real-life power of Rembrandt 2011-08-16T15:40:03Z

On one level it's a work of genius, and to crib from a review I don't remember writing, the finest Marxist science-fiction film ever to feature a professional wrestler. Horror-meister John Carpenter's mediocre comeback 2011-07-05T22:20:00Z

“It’s a genius device,” Offit said of his friend’s elastic contortions of time. From Dresden on the 50th Anniversary of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

And in this, I believe he resembles Cole Porter, another, very different kind of American musical genius. Does a musician have any right to win the Nobel Prize in literature? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Birmingham even cites the novel’s very first review in the London Observer — and it is surprisingly spot on: “ ‘Mr. James Joyce is a man of genius,’ Sisley Huddleston declared. Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style

Illuminating Franklin's unique genius invited her to redefine the word's meaning. Capturing how Aretha Franklin could "alchemize her pain into sonic gold" 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Yes, "The Social Network" is about Facebook, and business, and genius, and tactics, and the class system, and filmmakers' undying obsession with "Citizen Kane." "The Social Network": A modern horror film 2010-10-04T18:01:00Z

And casting the ethereal Mara as a weird, listless, scary but mostly ethereal urban headcase was also a stroke of genius: The Girl Who Played with Fire Extinguishers. Seeing double: are Side Effects and Silver Linings Playbook the same film? 2013-03-18T19:30:00Z

She’s an extraordinary polymath — gifted violinist, writer and novelist; fluent speaker of a half-dozen languages; math genius. I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

The study also assumes that if Dickens is a 'genius', every line of his prose should be 'genius'. Can you spot a Charles Dickens sentence? 2013-03-25T15:04:14Z

True to Mr. Arron’s word, the Beethoven work opens with a prosaic theme, all the better to highlight the composer’s genius in the variations that follow. Music Review: Drawing on Fond Childhood Memories for a Pairing of Beethoven and Berio 2010-12-20T22:56:51Z

I think people with authentic genius tend to lack a social sensibility. Pop culture, considered: Chuck Klosterman on his new book of essays 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

And Martin always readily admitted that it was the Beatles as people, not, at first, as musicians, much less composers of genius, that turned him on. George The Fifth 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

It’s as if their interpreters felt compelled to confine the raging imaginations of two category-defying geniuses. London Theater Journal: The Serious Season 2010-08-02T16:20:00Z

Another parallel: Neither a prison sentence nor a “genius” grant should define a person. MacArthur will give 25 new fellows $625,000 each to pursue ‘high-risk, high-reward’ work 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

This barbecue sauce is made from a sweet combination of full-bodied red wine, molasses, honey, applesauce, and red wine vinegar, plus a genius blend of spices. 19 pulled pork recipes that go beyond sandwiches 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z

The stipend may last for five years but the title MacArthur fellow, the sobriquet of “genius,” is forever. Meet the new MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

But it isn’t until the midway point that Hancock’s genius shines through: A classical pianist, his notes pivot between light and dark, joy and melancholy, setting up the second half’s more traditional fare. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

“It’s such a great privilege to be able to say I shared this space with all these geniuses.” Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

Trinity is the best college for providing genius mathematicians with a pleasant life. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z

Franklin became a cultural icon and genius of American song, considered by many to be the greatest popular vocalist of her time. Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

How, now, is he dealing with reviews hailing him as something akin to a genius? 'Genre snobbery conceals a deeper stupidity' 2012-08-27T14:34:29Z

But into his life strolled James Joyce, a penniless young Irish writer, unpublished yet convinced all the same of his own genius. In a Quiet Corner of Italy... Trieste 2011-04-29T19:35:37Z

Prada is genius at taking several different ideas — blush and red; school girl dresses; python print boots; swimming caps made of spiky fur; plastic paillettes — and transforming them into one cohesive collection.” | Fendi Wins! 2011-02-26T00:10:16Z

Customers upload a photo and have a video discussion with a “beauty genius,” who assesses skin tone and wish list — Oil control or moisturizing elements? Skin Deep: Promises From the Powder Room 2013-05-06T20:52:57Z

In the end, Kells decides that the genius of Shakespeare — whoever he was — lay in his flair for “appropriation, revision and synthesis.” Review | Who art thou, Shakespeare? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

“Kenneth MacMillan was the dark genius of British ballet — its destroyer, if you listen to some,” the critic Ismene Brown wrote in an article about the celebration in The Spectator magazine. Kenneth MacMillan’s School of Ballet Sex, Neurosis and Grit 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Much of his genius lay in his lucid awareness that emotions are inevitably mixed, with love and hate and apathy all vying for supremacy. ‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ Adapted From Ingmar Bergman 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

It is Cavafy, the presiding literary genius of Alexandria whose absence from his pages is so noticeable and telling, who provides the key to his purposes. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z

Aside from the genius of a song that involves rainbows, giraffes and ghosts, it was the killer trademark face paint that really closed the deal. Salon's Academy Awards of Viral Video 2011-02-25T20:30:00Z

In the end, she says she can forgive Godard anything because of his genius. Agnès Varda: ‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

“It was brought home to me,” he said, very slowly, “very forcibly and vividly . . . the limitations by which men of genius . . . purchase their ascendancy . . . over mankind.” The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Cinema's enfant terrible may be 80, but he's lost none of his genius for contrarian cheek. Jean-Luc Godard: 'Film is over. What to do?' 2011-07-12T20:30:03Z

The genius author of “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” releases a collection of stories set in contemporary England. Fall books: 37 new titles to add to your reading list 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

In contrast, his fellow critic Leonard Feather christened Hendricks “the poet laureate of modern jazz” and said his writing showed “a talent bordering on genius.” Jon Hendricks, master of scat, jazz vocalization and sly lyrics, dies at 96 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

Luke is a bona fide, off-the-charts genius who possesses a minor talent for telekinesis. Review | Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ turns our political moment into gripping horror 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

Moran’s genius for balancing homage with disruption is such that the distinction was blurry. Jason Moran takes liberties with his homage to Thelonious Monk 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

The film at this point has nothing to declare but Fischer’s genius. Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Last year he received a MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called genius grant, which had previously been awarded to Mr. Iyer and several other former protégés, like the pianist Jason Moran. Steve Coleman, a Jazz Outlier, Rides a Wave of Acclaim 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

But the genius of the play, as opposed to, say, War and Peace, is that it implies multitudes as much as it contains them. Nicholas Hytner: With Shakespeare, the play is just a starting point 2013-04-12T09:01:01Z

Of course, Antonioni’s ability to achieve what, in another context, Jean-Luc Godard called “the definitive by chance” is a mark of genius, of natural virtuosity. The Front Row: “The Vanquished” 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

He loved music so much, he didn't care for whom he played, how much they paid him, or whether they considered him a "genius" or a freakish "savant." 'Song of the Shank' gives poetic voice to a unique American musician 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

The Playhouse’s announcement says the protagonist, presumably not named Gordon Gekko, is “an upstart genius hell-bent on changing all the rules.” New plays by Ayad Akhtar, Quiara Alegria Hudes and Joe DiPietro highlight La Jolla Playhouse season 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

I said, “Mom, you don’t understand. I’m not hanging out with him for drugs — I’m hanging out with him because he’s a genius.” Pauly Shore: Eyewitness to Comedy History 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

That is, they don’t buy or commission lavish and costly garments from reigning design geniuses that they plan to wear a few times during the evening hours, fastidiously maintain and finally bequeath to a museum. Art Review: American Style at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:29:00Z

If you do anything today, watch The Eagles documentary to witness genius. Eagles Legend Glenn Frey Dies at 67 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

This is the genius of Sorry To Bother You: it indicts the entire system. Sorry to Bother You: is this the most shocking anti-capitalist film ever? 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

The genius of Trump was he never apologized for anything. Aasif Mandvi talks "Evil," djinns and "the appeal of Trump" despite being hated by GOP leaders 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

Liszt’s piano transcriptions of the nine Beethoven symphonies are works of genius. Critic?s Notebook: A Renaissance Man Before the Renaissance 2011-08-23T12:00:00Z

Coveting a Children’s Garden of Z’s Few preschoolers who watch the Sprout channel’s brilliant “Snooze-a-Thon” on Christmas Eve are likely to appreciate its startling genius as a piece of filmmaking. Critic’s Notebook: Sprout Channel’s ‘Snooze-a-Thon’ on Christmas Eve 2012-12-23T22:47:32Z

Yet the prolific genius wasn’t working alone — not exactly. Multimedia Tafelmusik concert immerses audience in Bach’s creative cycle 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

“This result is a testament to the creative genius of Don McLean and to the song’s ability to still engage and inspire.” Don McLean's 'American Pie' manuscript sells for $1.2 million 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

He was 54, and the towering genius of the British art world. 'Lucian wanted us to have a baby' 2012-10-12T23:05:22Z

The events surrounding Chicago's 1893 world's fair amount to an eerie Greek tragedy on genius and madness. Reinking, Thodos create a vision of ambition and madness in 1983 Chicago 2011-02-20T16:21:00Z

It must be a nightmare being a genius. Sundance film festival 2013: The Look of Love - first look review 2013-01-20T11:27:42Z

They are the Storm Birds: Fulmar, Shearwater and Albatross with its “archangel genius; the “dark-souled” Cormorant and Shag; the Puffin, Gannet, Herring Gull, Kittiwake, Guillemot, the Razorbill and its cousin, the Great Auk, now extinct. Review | Best new audiobooks to listen to as you head out on the road this summer 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

The artist was confident enough to quickly convey an image with as few strokes as possible – genius! Picasso in 1932: Ingenious, Exhausting, Relentless 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

Regarded as one of popular music's true geniuses, his return invigorates the album with the band's trademark sound. Review: Brian Wilson writes new Beach Boys album 2012-06-04T16:18:45Z

Backstage, we watched Prince walk out to a rapturous reception, and then we were exposed to two hours of sublime musical genius. Seal: Prince ‘Made It OK For You to Be You' 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Della Robbia is better known for decorative reliefs in glazed ceramic, but the sensitive carving of this modest marble panel and the modeling of the crucifixion display his tactile genius. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Though it makes no claims to break down barriers or be particularly radical, this is an opera like no other — which makes Mr. Anderson a maverick or a genius; perhaps both. Opera Review: A Review of Julian Anderson’s ‘Thebans’ for the English National Opera 2014-05-05T12:53:03Z

Just as I worried I’d be stranded in Times Square forever, I was hit by what I thought was a stroke of total genius. Chris Colfer: The First Time I Braved New York (and a Taxi!) 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

“Silicon Valley looked like it was run by geniuses,” she writes, but “from the inside, it was clear that everyone was vulnerable, just like he was, just figuring it out as they went along.” Scrolling Through the Rise, and Takeover, of Instagram 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

In his most forceful moment in five seasons, Henry, the budding genius, announced that he wanted to follow his friend Chris and attend boarding school in New Hampshire. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 9: Tuan on the Bus 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the truth is that Mr. Koons makes a better child than adult, and that for all his genius, he is a kind of naïf. Those Jeff Koons and Cicciolina ?Sex? Pictures Get Another Look 2010-10-13T14:40:00Z

As the novel opens, Russell has discovered a rough-hewn Tennessee genius destined to win the National Book Award. Jay McInerney’s ‘Bright, Precious Days’: Social satire or consumer porn? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

It tells the story of Christine, a young soprano and the obsession of the masked, musical genius who lives secretly beneath the Paris Opéra House. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

It makes you feel smart, even though the real genius belongs to the person who made the puzzle. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 8: ‘What Have I Done?’ 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Everything feeds a genius blend of confessional and observational comedy. Review: Mike Birbiglia Has a ‘New One.’ It’s Funny Until It Isn’t. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

Caillebotte is picking up on the inventive genius of Edouard Manet. The Kimbell captures 'Painter's Eye,' but it can't elevate Caillebotte 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

He called Copp an “unsung genius” who “achieved miraculous results with minimal equipment.” Jim Copp, the Forgotten Virtuoso of Children’s Storytelling 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

A good, close look was all it took to confirm that looks, born of the creative genius of designer Riccardo Tisci and the skill of his seamstresses and embroiderers, were wearable art. Givenchy's all in the details 2010-07-06T17:59:00Z

Even if you think "City Lights" or "The Circus" or something else is a purer distillation of Chaplin's art, "Modern Times" is an irreplaceable work of genius that speaks clearly across 75 years. DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't: Beat the winter blahs! 2011-02-02T01:30:00Z

I gave her that structure, but she turned it into genius. Jerry Zaks on directing Bette Midler in 'Hello, Dolly!' and his sweet return to the Tony Awards 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Racial prejudice and insularity combined with genius to shape an unusually powerful tradition of musical and theatrical innovation. Back to the Apollo, Uptown?s Showbiz Incubator 2011-02-07T15:09:18Z

“It carried an element of pop that was very different from roots reggae. But it held its own, and this is what was genius about it.” The Beat at the Heart of ‘Lovers Rock’ 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z

For Martin, Alan is one of two geniuses he has ever met, but to Kelly, the connection is more complex, more complicit, more internalized. 'Your Face in Mine' a bold take on race, identity by Jess Row 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Her songs may arrive from blood, sweat and tears rather than legendary genius, but that doesn't make them any less enjoyable. Sheryl Crow ? review 2010-10-13T21:31:00Z

Daniel J. Socolow, the director since 1997 of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship program known as the “genius” awards, will retire sometime in the next several months, foundation officials are expected to announce Thursday. ArtsBeat Blog: Director of MacArthur 'Genius' Program to Retire 2011-12-21T20:26:03Z

To clarify, Franklin's music is the product of her genius, and Erivo's interpretations shine them to brilliance. "Aretha" crowns the Queen of Soul in glory, thanks to star Cynthia Erivo's own genius 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

His acting genius was only matched by his off-screen reputation for bad behaviour, but Larman said that those close to him are painting a different portrait. Peter O'Toole less the drunken hell-raiser he made out, says author 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

The design, like the site, didn’t patronize or manipulate—it said, Relax, we’re reasonable geniuses, the smartest possible combination of man and machine. Why You Hate Google’s New Logo 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Full of carefully researched detail, David is at once the tale of a fictional character, the story of a work of genius and an evocation of a particularly compelling moment in Italy's past. David by Mary Hoffman ? review 2011-07-29T21:55:01Z

Throughout there is an unavoidable sense that a good deal of Gauguin's self-projection was, precisely, a pose, yet one that confounds our sense of the poseur by the repeated production of works of genius. Gauguin: Into the mystic 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

Clearly, there is more at work here than individual genius. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

The headline of a particularly giddy and expeditious appraisal of “untitled unmastered.,” published by the U.K. edition of GQ mere hours after the record appeared online, emphatically declared Lamar a “genius.” The Music Critic in the Age of the Insta-Release 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

The fashion world scorns anything — camp taste, bad hair — until suddenly it’s in its interest to approve them, and then the idea is genius. 2010-02-12T23:10:00Z

Disney memorably adapted the story -- about a group of men who encounter a vengeful scientific genius and his warlike submarine -- in 1954 with Kirk Douglas starring. Two "20,000 Leagues" films in the works 2010-05-17T06:51:00Z

There’s too much genius irregularity — aesthetic, personal and political — on view to fit any prefab template. At MoMA, Women at Play in the Fields of Abstraction 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

She also outlines a knowing path through Mr. Cattelan’s career, leaving just enough room to have you wondering if the artist is more of a con man than a genius. Review: ‘Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back’ Relishes a Mischievous Artist 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

He played a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment and becomes a genius. Cliff Robertson remembered in NY as family man 2011-09-16T22:48:08Z

This whole debacle really saps some of the evil genius cred that Lucious had left. Fall of Empire: show's big return is a lesson on how not to run a record label 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

The private lives of geniuses are not a fault to be tolerated, as the young Proust supposed, but a resource to be extracted and packaged for public consumption. How the Proust Questionnaire Went from Literary Curio to Prestige Personality Quiz 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

If “movie star” is conveniently absent from that equation, it’s because the list of brilliant comics whose genius did not translate to the silver screen is long and filled with some of our greatest talents. Stand down: when comics make unfunny big-screen comedies 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

The moments of zany genius the show accesses are weighed down almost immediately by the grotesque. Always brash, “South Park” gets brave: From kids with guns to the P.C. principal, this was their most compelling — and self-aware — season 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

On a much sadder note, Chuck Berry , a genuine original American genius, duckwalks off to that big bandstand in the sky. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Worse yet — and also better — they join ranks with a young trumpet player who is a genius, perhaps the equal of Louis Armstrong, living like a king in Paris. "Half-Blood Blues:" Jazz musicians in the jaws of the Nazis 2012-03-15T20:52:03Z

A posthumous Irish child, abandoned by his mother to a nursemaid, he was also an exasperated, petulant and insubordinate genius, an Anglican clergyman with an incurable sense of humiliation and gloom.  The man behind 'Gullivers Travels,' Johnathan Swift, is celebrated in a new biography 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

The film loses steam in the final act, but by then, it’s a strange comedown that leaves you feeling some sympathy for the lonely genius. Almost Infamous: 10 Biopics With Memorable Antiheroes 2013-10-23T09:45:20Z

"It is," though, also "funny, brilliant, a work of genius." Joanna Lumley 2010-06-12T23:02:00Z

His destructive behavior - drugs, drinking and cruising for men in Paris parks - takes a toll on his body and mind even as his artistic genius remained intact. Revenge comedy a hit in Cannes, fashion biopic cold-shouldered 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

The word "genius" was employed in the advertisements. Van Dyke Parks: return of a musical maverick 2012-06-15T21:55:10Z

I'm a genius' This article appeared on p23 of the The New Review section of the Observer on Sunday 21 March 2010. Albert Einstein: 'Dear Ma, sorry you're ill ? p.s. I'm a genius' 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z

Instead of exploring or deconstructing said genius, Neville seems interested in putting it into tidy boxes. Review: ‘They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead’ Documents Orson Welles’s Last Film 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

“I feel like geniuses always gravitate towards each other,” Mane said. Gucci Mane Among the Hypebeasts 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

Her editors and advisers lean heavily toward Princeton connections, sprinkled with writers, poets, a MacArthur “genius” grant recipient and two women more frequently photographed than written about. Uzoamaka Maduka Leaves a Paper Trail With the American Reader 2013-01-02T22:14:17Z

She is still amazed by the “brilliant genius” of Ms. Heckerling. Alicia Silverstone Wants Us to Eat Our Fruits and Vegetables 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

Here is a small sampling of Williams’ manic-comedic genius and the many ways he had to make people laugh: 10 of Robin Williams' Funniest Moments From Johnny Carson to His USO Tour 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Go to the British Museum show, compare his drawings with the works of so many great masters, and tell me he's not the greatest genius of all. Leonardo da Vinci = Einstein + Picasso + Doctor Who 2010-04-22T15:20:00Z

And he writes with real enthusiasm, if not with Fallowsian literary genius. Books of The Times: Literature Can Turn Most Lethal 2011-07-06T21:30:34Z

“I don’t know Sid well, but I think he’s a genius,” said Bert Vogelstein, a pioneer in oncology research who was the first to show the molecular basis of a human cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee Weaves History and Biology to Tell the Story of Us 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

He has had many devotees but, for the most part, each has been able to illuminate only specific aspects of his career and his genius. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Let's also be honest: Anderson's decision to not use subtitles was genius. Dear Movie Industry, We Have Thoughts 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Giggs’s lawyers this week told the high court that they will call witnesses to prove that he is a genius and contributed far more to his 10-year marriage than his spouse Stacey Cooke. Ryan Giggs divorce: ex-footballer to argue his genius before high court 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

But for the most inscrutably poetic of the bunch we come back to Rooney's mad genius. Footballers draw self portraits to raise money for charity 2010-04-08T23:05:00Z

Maybe Ms. Dorrance, tap’s only MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, need not always push boundaries. Review: The Singing Feet of Michelle Dorrance’s Dancers 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Soon there was a knock at the door, and in walked my musical genius in a plaid jacket and Converse sneakers, carrying a sunflower. Modern Love: He’s Playing Our Song 2012-09-21T22:26:05Z

Curry might not be a perfectionist in interviews, but she's apparently genius in making voodoo dolls. Hollywood spent 2012 proving the Mayans right 2012-12-20T20:01:07Z

The ready answer is genius, but unlaureled genius is axiomatic. In Weimar Germany, a Passion for van Gogh Leads to Deception 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

Lollipops in the Midst of Grief “Genius is rare enough, but a good-hearted genius is rarer still,” former President Bill Clinton was saying on Tuesday. Marvin Hamlisch Funeral at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan 2012-08-14T21:46:29Z

But he was a genius at telling the stories of people flying under the radar, in the margins, and sometimes deeply misunderstood. 4 Anthony Bourdain dishes we’ll keep in our recipe books forever 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Ms. You clearly had a kind of genius for creating miniature worlds of flavor. Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Courbet is a genius and his vision needs to be seen whole, as a radical realist attempt to fuse art and life. Gustave Courbet's The Origin of the World still over-excites art critics 2013-02-08T13:57:43Z

What sets Prince apart from other hip-hop choreographers is the genius with which she uses the idiom to define character. Some Like It Hip Hop – review 2012-09-29T23:05:24Z

When you return to the text and compare your own remembered version with Shakespeare’s original, you learn a lot about his genius. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

Simon Cowell will single this out as an act of genius. The X Factor Files: Stuart Heritage's X Factor briefing 2010-12-03T12:53:00Z

The magic of the Industrial Revolution met the geniuses who created the consumer revolution, particularly the mad men and women of the ’20s who created a consumer revolution. Buy less, do more: 5 reasons why experiences make us happier than things 2014-03-08T21:00:00Z

To get the full effect of her elliptical genius, you need to pick them off all at once, the way you would a pint of blueberries or back issues of The Sewanee Review. Stepping Out of Character and Starting a New Story 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Sandler could, which is a tribute to his genius, of a sort. The dude-humor master class of “Ted 2″: Flashes of offbeat brilliance among the expected spank gags and deflated ball jokes 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Simm admires good writing, revels in the great roles and calls Pinter a genius. John Simm on the genius of Pinter 2012-05-19T23:04:13Z

It's no accident these songs are near the end of the album: In a genius bit of sequencing, "The Hurting" grows more restless and distraught-sounding as it progresses, as if to represent someone's emotional deterioration. Tears for Fears' "The Hurting" at 40: An enduring, mature and fearless debut album 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

So all hail this small white ball of genius, the most gifted and malleable comestible currently out there. Clip joint: eggs 2010-03-31T10:12:00Z

I have to hand it to my sister, Amy, who came up with that a few years ago . . . it is nothing short of genius. Berry French toast casserole is a picture perfect Easter breakfast 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

“Everyone has their own genius. It’s just about learning what genius you have.” Teen entrepreneur Trey Brown willed his clothing line into reality. Now Spergo has arrived in D.C. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

For some reason, Simon finds this answer to be a sign of genius. The Childhood of Jesus by JM Coetzee – digested read 2013-03-10T20:00:01Z

Also featuring: the Northwest’s gentlest folk band, a “genius” jazz group and yet another edition of FreakNight. Your week in Seattle music: The Black Keys, B.o.B. and more 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

I became the person who would send an email every year to the genius writer of that song on his birthday, which is also mine. Ryan Adams: The First Time I Was Rattled by a Heckler 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

He could clearly be considered an “eccentric genius,” a “scientific genius” or a “technical genius,” she wrote, but was he also an “artistic genius” or a “poetic genius”? Can’t Let Go of ‘S-Town’? Here’s What to Read Next 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Troubled male genius” is an old trope, but Miller elevates it to new heights. Sexism and Genius Collide ‘In the Land of Men’ 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

The first Black woman to win both the Nebula and Hugo awards, Butler was the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur genius grant. Why did it take so long to adapt Octavia Butler? 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

Only after noticing the way Ms. Fishman’s six dark bands of color seem to roll constantly upward did I appreciate, for the first time, the genius of Martin’s square. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

"He's a genius and a walking encyclopedia of music from that period." Seattle Symphony celebrates baroque dads 2012-03-01T20:54:05Z

The "stroke of genius" he said, was "bringing on to the platform gold- and silver- medal-winning members of Team GB and Paralympics GB as part of the patriotic bonanza". Kylie thrilled by 'magical' Prom 2012-09-10T11:22:01Z

In addition, she won the hearts of such great Gallic geniuses as the poet Alfred de Musset, whose advances she spurned, and the composers Charles Gounod and Hector Berlioz, both of whom were her lovers. How Modernity Came to Europe 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

If witty intricacies appeared opaque, that was the fault not of the poet but of the audience who failed to grasp his genius. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

By contrast, says Eno, high art is about separating geniuses from foot soldiers. Surrender. It's Brian Eno 2010-04-28T20:35:00Z

It is especially important when so much of music has become disposable – the property of television commercials, forgettable viral sensations, and reality television programs that present karaoke as genius. The spontaneous magic of Gov't Mule in concert: "We feel more comfortable on stage than anywhere" 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

“You’d think it’s not that genius to say, ‘Let’s go with what’s in the book,’ but it’s rare that Hollywood does that.” For ‘The Lincoln Lawyer,’ Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Climbs in the Front Seat 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

“There is a huge body of genius out there,” Ms. Fleezanis told Mr. Bergman, reflecting on the repertoire as she found it. Jorja Fleezanis, Violinist and Pioneering Concertmaster, Dies at 70 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

Hot places, noisy places; places of human genius and elemental danger. J.M.W. Turner: The Romantic Turns Reformist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Saul says of Pryor that “the secret of his genius must be located within the story of his life.” Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

And then we burden the unfortunate and genius character designers with that, and they come up with these crazy looking creatures. Dan Harmon on the Future of Rick and Morty and That Community Movie 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

"Burn It Down" isn't a merely cry for the obliteration of the misguided notion that abusive behavior is a byproduct of genius. "Burn It Down" or stick around? How TV and movie fans "can be in the fight" to make Hollywood better 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

One of the genius aspects of Floor Is Lava is just how small the prize is. Netflix's Floor Is Lava: the show to save the summer? 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Bennett said the “true explanation for this extraordinary success story is that the husband does possess the ‘spark’ or ‘force’ or ‘seed’ of genius”. Ryan Giggs divorce: ex-footballer to argue his genius before high court 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

Walt, a chemistry genius whose career fizzled out, is teaching kids he resents and working part time at a car wash — then he gets diagnosed with lung cancer. AMC's Breaking Bad: Elements of Style 2011-07-14T09:15:00Z

Art historians, museum curators and exhibition captions generally avoid the word "genius" like the plague. The Da Vinci ode: I was right about Leonardo's genius 2011-04-01T14:19:07Z

Smith — who has called Kaczynski “a self-made genius” — seemed to know what he had. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

He believes in the genius of primitive peoples. Graves and Garbage: The Hard Life of an Archeologist 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

Andrew Lloyd Webber truly is a creative genius, working with him is like being on a roller coaster, but I love being on the ride. Top 10 tips for being a choreographer 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

George Orwell, himself a genius at political satire, noted that Swift “possessed a terrible intensity of vision, capable of picking out a single hidden truth and then magnifying it and distorting it.” Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

This magnetic refrigerator rack is a genius small space solution. How to organize your baking tools like a baker 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

He’s so casually insightful, even as he offers such bracing diagnoses of our era — from faith-based violence to the inanity of identity politics — in phrases that ring with the real metal of genius. Ian McEwan’s ‘Nutshell’: A tale of betrayal and murder as told by a fetus 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

“It’s crazy, inventive, creative genius — almost like the Robin Williams of fruit.” ‘Apples of Uncommon Character’: Lots to sink your teeth into

Just like Woody Allen, his flashes of genius are diluted by a prodigious output which seems half-conceptualized, barely finished. It’s time to bring James Franco's reign of half-assed artistry to an end 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

His friends were legion, an endless roll call of the geniuses, provocateurs and poseurs who gave the decade its distinctive cultural tang. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

“Beauty is a form of genius,” Wilde memorably wrote in the novel. Review: A Selfie’s in the Picture for This ‘Dorian Gray’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

“He was constantly looking for the genius idea that would make him a financial success,” he says. Billy Crudup: ‘Life is hard. It’s filled with grief, confusion, unpredictability … ' 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

“If you think about the word ‘artist,’ there’s a tacit assumption that it’s a male genius who is in fact the artist,” Naeem said. Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire works by women in 2020 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

With all the attention that’s paid to the pyramids and other monuments, it’s easy to forget that the true genius of the ancient Egyptians was political. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

The fast-thinking geniuses who turn audience suggestions into hilarious, rapid-fire rhyme leave you feeling happy and, yes, a little sad, too, after their 75 minutes of adrenaline-infused cavorting on the Greenwich House Theater stage. Review | Lin-Manuel Miranda and Co. do it again. But this time, the hip-hop show is all for laughs. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

She adored his iconoclastic genius and, with the acceptance and complicity of his wife, Nellie, became the protector of a great pianist and composer rendered vulnerable by mental instability. The Baroness: The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild by Hannah Rothschild – review 2012-06-01T21:52:01Z

He calls this grab bag, which includes Benjamin Franklin, Damon Runyon and James Thurber, “a strange collection of geniuses, worldly failures, drunks, misfits, cripples and gifted idiots.” Books of The Times: Laughing Matters: Discuss 2010-12-07T23:00:00Z

This humble genius is a national treasure so I might need to keek in under the tent covers. How I lost my festival virginity to Howard 2010-08-21T23:09:00Z

This is the passionate play of a genius at work: ceaselessly experimental, provocative, brave. The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded 2010-07-13T20:31:00Z

The word genius is used quite often, but he's probably the only person I would mark down in that category: the way his mind worked was so riveting. Knockout. Hero. Genius: Cy Twombly 2011-07-06T20:30:03Z

In a different vein, there’s “Goliath,” starring Billy Bob Thornton as a craggy genius lawyer. After ‘The Good Fight,’ Try ‘The Split’ 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

An editorial genius — whip-smart, hard-working and hilarious — he saw the whole person of who Mrs. Graham was and wanted to make sure that was evident on the page. Katharine Graham at 100: Inside the making of one of the greatest Washington memoirs ever 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

Hopkinson is a genius in the kitchen but on the TV he is no illusionist. The Good Cook ? review 2011-07-08T19:10:00Z

The part of the reserved, suffering genius can be tedious, but it’s transfixing to see him peer out from behind the ice wall he’s built since childhood, and to see Virginia chip away at it. Punch-Drunk Love: Masters of Sex Moves Up a Weight Class 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

I especially loved “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” long before I could fully appreciate the allegorical genius of a brilliant logician. Maria Popova: By the Book 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Tyrion, people grouse, used to be this brilliant mastermind in the game of thrones, a political genius who could think three steps ahead of his opponents. "Game of Thrones" fans are wrong about Tyrion Lannister 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

When she joined the City Ballet, in 1984, the company was entering a difficult period of transition, brought on by the death of its founding choreographer and genius loci, George Balanchine. Nothing To Hide: Wendy Whelan Retires 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

In Orgill’s picture book showing how the photo shoot came about, her poems work with Vallejo’s striking illustrations to celebrate sweet serendipity and jazz genius. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Give us your small works of literary genius in the thread below. Write your own short story – in under three sentences 2013-05-24T09:19:09Z

Their genius was to have tracked down the family’s former housekeeper, Mina, the only German Ruth longed to see again. 'She was like a second mother': the German woman who saved our Jewish family history 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

American mathematician Claude Shannon had 'a special genius'. James Gleick: 'Information poses as many challenges as opportunities' 2011-04-09T23:05:59Z

His more fundamental point is that it’s always a struggle to enact bold legislation, which becomes possible in historical moments created by much broader forces than the political genius of a few individuals. Liberalism was never easy 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

But in 1888, when Nietzsche, tumbling into insanity, wrote work such as Ecce Homo is his intellectual grandiosity genius or possibly the disease talking? Syphilis, sex and fear 2013-05-17T15:59:01Z

The movie is a love story, set on an edenic campus, about genius ravaged by illness yet undeterred. Actor Eddie Redmayne explodes into Oscar contention with ‘The Theory of Everything’

For Dostoevsky there was: even before Poor Folk was published the most famous critic of his age had declared him a genius. Has any author's reputation fallen further or faster than Dostoevsky's? 2010-09-24T15:14:00Z

What a rediscovered “Cardenio” would do, Mr. Shapiro said, was offer a glimpse into “the conjunction of two of the greatest creative geniuses of the day, Shakespeare and Cervantes,” and provide insight into Shakespeare’s collaborations. A Lost Shakespeare? It?s a Mystery 2011-03-11T00:11:00Z

The revelation of “Picasso: Guitars 1912-14,” an exhibition this spring at the Museum of Modern Art, was that even a genius is a worker. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z

The psychotherapist had been hired by Marilyn Wilson in the 1970s to help her then-husband, Brian Wilson, Beach Boys founder and acknowledged musical genius, quit drugs, get out of bed and return to the studio. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Long before The Wire and The Sopranos made HBO's name, crazed genius Tom Fontana gave us six seasons of mayhem, madness and murder on Oz. Take five: classic US drama box sets 2012-08-10T12:29:34Z

If a factor other than the genius of Degas may be invoked as the trigger that sparked this innovative boldness, it is photography. Exhibition Review: Degas: More Than Just a Ballet Master 2011-09-23T12:00:07Z

“I just hope and continue to pray that you guys see his genius,” Mr. Richardson said of Mr. Rhoden, who is the resident choreographer of Complexions. Dance Review: The Movements Between the Notes 2011-05-26T21:41:08Z

The most crucial element of the show’s success remains the same: Mr. Emerson’s tremendously appealing, oddly moving performance as Finch, the programming genius who is uncomfortable in every situation but always rises to the occasion. ‘Person of Interest,’ Its Computers and Crime, Returns 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

Scene after scene showing Hollywood's elite giving Allen standing ovations and praising his genius long after Dylan's case went public in 1992 take on a nauseating tone. HBO's wrenching "Allen v. Farrow" builds a damning case against Woody Allen's credibility & egomania 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

If history is any guide, two geniuses working together in a room is usually one genius too many. Review | Can a friendship between two cartoonists survive their own success? 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

It is either a genius creative stroke or a craven attempt to cash in on the nation’s underserved Christian market. TV upfronts: The Muppets are coming, but not much else changes at ABC 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

“I knew I was in the presence of genius when I saw that,” he said. Lilly Pulitzer’s Estate Holds an Auction for her Eye-Popping Fashion 2014-02-28T22:31:05Z

To a genius, monuments are made of any and all of these. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

But the story that perhaps best captures Murray’s enigmatic, comic genius arrives in the book’s introduction. Follow ‘The Tao of Bill Murray’ to a better life 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

The lone genius in a studio creating something never seen before seems as old-fashioned as a buggy whip. Review | How Dave Hickey became one of the most influential art critics in America 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

Americans mocked the French for falling for this crass clown, while the French couldn’t understand why Mr. Lewis’s genius was not obvious to his compatriots. Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

Even if you watch the highlights, you won’t begin to grasp the weird genius of what unfolded in that game. Perspective | The World Cup will show us soccer is more than just thrilling. It’s art. 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

"Still, it zips along cheerily enough, and compared with We Will Rock You, it's a work of untrammeled genius." Critics pan "charmless" Spice Girls musical 2012-12-12T16:10:56Z

His genius made him a young multimillionaire, but he lost much of his fortune through a spendthrift lifestyle and a poor understand- ing of investments. Ron Collins obituary 2011-03-21T18:29:35Z

Newton’s genius was recognised while he was a young scholar at Cambridge. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

At a program called “The Genius of Monteverdi,” witness the genius of the conductor William Christie, an early-music exponent without compare. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

In a subsequent tweet, he wrote, "Posting your daughter's nudes tonight. I am the Internet genius and will ruin your life and your daughter's the fun way." The 6 most disturbing "The Most Hated Man on the Internet" revelations from Netflix's docuseries 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

And what a character: a combination of showman and genius, superstar and, later in life, devout cleric. Critic?s Notebook: A Renaissance Man Before the Renaissance 2011-08-23T12:00:00Z

Kuznick: “Don’t believe that, because Oliver told a mutual friend of ours who told me, ‘Oliver said it’s a work of genius, I’m dying to make it.’ Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z

But did the music that Liszt wrote in Weimar and later justify his persistent faith in his own creative genius? Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z

Casting Angelina Jolie and her superhuman cheekbones as the nefarious queen tormenting Sleeping Beauty qualifies as a stroke of genius, though it’s not quite enough to carry this revisionist take on the fairytale. From tragic to magic: what's the best Disney remake so far? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

Her experience, she says, is why she was able to spot the genius in Mr. Henderson’s early experiments. The Culinary Couple Who Built a British Empire 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

A leader of the Human Genome Project and a pioneer of synthetic biology, Church is well suited to the familiar role Mezrich casts him in, that of the wizardly genius. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

That was the true genius of “The Colbert Report.” 5 reasons why Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” will make you forget all about “The Colbert Report” 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

Populated by geniuses and virtuosos, the stories are zanily cerebral and proceed with fractal precision. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

There’s a tragedy, especially in Russian culture, of geniuses surrounded by less talented well-wishers. Listen to Tchaikovsky, Stripped Down to His Intentions 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

“He was a national treasure and an icon that influenced the world with his music, fashion and creativity. Now, future generations get to fully appreciate his unique genius,” one fan exulted on Twitter. 80,000 items from rock legend David Bowie to go on display in London 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

And when addressing artists of color, he said, "Of Black artists — you know, Stevie Wonder, genius, right?" The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z

The Llandeilo festival was one of the first places to hail Williams's genius and, back on familiar territory, he was in relaxed form for a recital of middle-period Beethoven. Llyr Williams 2010-07-19T21:31:00Z

He was an optimist who never gave up, an innocent who believed in the goodness of his mother, his home village of Timperley, Cheshire, and the genius of Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson. Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in?the charts' 2010-06-25T23:15:00Z

He felt at peace among the prairie lights of its university towns, which nourished his literary genius before his death in 2008, at age 46. David Foster Wallace’s Peaceful Prairie 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Hasn’t our peculiar creative genius been resilient enough? A History of Latin America Embodied in ‘Silver, Sword, and Stone’ 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

In both, Orpheus remains a genius musician who, though in love with Eurydice, is preoccupied with his art above all. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

Jude’s genius lies in his ability to turn these words against themselves — to render them absurd through canny juxtapositions of text and image, documentary and fiction. ‘Uppercase Print’ Review: Between the Lines 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

These days Proust is known as a genius, the author of the brilliant, mammoth novel, known as both "Remembrance of Things Past" and "In Search of Lost Time." Happy birthday Marcel Proust! 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

A Friend, an Artist and a Personal Interview Published: July 20, 2010 “Nobody loves a genius child.” | 'Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child': Tamra Davis?s Portrait of Elusive Artist at Film Forum 2010-07-20T22:17:00Z

"I just think he's a genius, and we just thought it was a great idea to let him loose." Lewis Black returns to Broadway with knives sharp 2012-09-27T12:43:10Z

No evil genius controlled him, no paymaster, provocateur or sinister manipulator armed with an attache case stuffed with hundred-dollar bills was waiting round the corner, no activist in a ski mask. A Delicate Truth by John le Carré – extract 2013-04-12T20:01:02Z

The popular image of this composer as an unwitting visionary — “half genius, half klutz,” as the conductor Hans von Bülow once said — developed early on. Still Searching For Bruckner?s True Intentions 2011-07-09T04:30:28Z

Henry Barnes Link to video: Inside Llewyn Davis: 'This is real genius' This year's Palme Dog – awarded to the best canine actor in Cannes – may need to go to a cat. Cannes 2013: 10 things we learned at this year's festival 2013-05-23T18:07:49Z

The smell of fresh lumber lingered in the air, the fire marshal was checking emergency sprinklers and workers were setting up a jukebox with Dylan’s greatest hits — in lieu of the reclusive genius himself. At 80, Bob Dylan finally gets a museum 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

The traditional literary system has worked, though grievously slowly, in giving a genius of the short story her due. Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman – review 2013-02-28T10:00:01Z

Artistic talent or creative genius shouldn’t be mistaken for wisdom. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Child, mother killed, orphanage, touch of genius, addiction. Walter Tevis Was a Novelist. You Might Know His Books (Much) Better as Movies. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

In the crucible of her genius, tears and laughter are ground into some magical elixir that seems like the essence of life. Book review: ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ by Miriam Toews

In 1985, he won a MacArthur “genius” grant, the first practitioner of a craft — as opposed to a fine art — ever to be so honored. Review: ‘Sam Maloof: 36 Views of a Master Woodworker’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

In a genius bit of sequencing, "The Hurting" grows more restless and distraught-sounding as it progresses, as if to represent someone's emotional deterioration. Tears for Fears' "The Hurting" at 40: An enduring, mature and fearless debut album 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

The genius of the film is that we see the racial horror of 1930s Alabama through the eyes of an eight-year-old white girl. To Kill a Mockingbird isn't a great book but it made America a better place 2010-07-13T17:04:00Z

“Wayward Pines” asked us to believe that a mad genius kidnapped and froze thousands of people and reanimated them in the future to rebuild human society. Review: With ‘Good Behavior,’ Lady Mary Takes a Lowlife Turn 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Why the brain suppresses these remarkable abilities is still a mystery, but sometimes, when the brain is diseased or damaged, it relents and unleashes the inner genius. The brain injury that made me a math genius 2014-04-20T19:00:00Z

Our production does not seek to address the problems of Africa, or offer solutions – merely to allow Shakespeare's genius for human and political insight to be seen more freshly. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z

Two new biographies of Buster Keaton make the case that he was not only a comic genius but also a technological disrupter, madly innovating new directions for the film industry in its early days. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

He received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” in 1991 and was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2008. Gunther Schuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who bridged jazz and classical music, dies at 89 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

“He’s not full of affectations. He knows who he is and what he’s interested in exploring. He’s the genius brother that you want to follow and say, ‘I want to do what he’s doing.’ ‘Inherent Vice’ is complex and subversive. Paul Thomas Anderson is pretty normal. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

It was not until the 1920s that German art historians began to reassess Borromini, and only in the 1940s that his genius was revived and restored. Borromini: the first architect 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z

Pepin is one of the most renowned chefs in the world, but the guy is also a genius at making magic with whatever is on hand. This two-ingredient, one-pan apricot tart is the simple way to make a French classic 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

There is a cult of bright young things, a cultural obsession with genius, a need to find beacons of greatness in an ordinary world. Jonah Lehrer throws it all away 2012-07-31T12:00:00Z

And this from the genius who wrote Wichita Lineman and Didn't We. New band of the day – John Fullbright (No 1,471) 2013-03-14T16:01:50Z

Moreover, he is a 2009 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called genius grant. After traveling the world, L.A. artist Mark Bradford gets a solo show in his hometown 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

“He’s a genius and I’m a genius. We should be allowed to do whatever we want. Look at what we give to the world.” Witness: R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

See their works, and then see, upstairs in the same museum, the greatest heights of Venetian genius, comparing Bellini's light with the miraculous illumination of Titian's Noli Me Tangere. How Canaletto and the Venetian artists light up the National Gallery 2010-10-15T11:19:00Z

Its structure allowed for endless comedic variations on a theme—say, trying to come up with the perfect pickup line when you have infinite tries—that show off Murray’s improvisatory genius. The Tao of “Groundhog Day,” Onstage 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

She just changes the date of Christmas and it’s genius!' Mom's clever Santa letter moves Christmas Day for military parents, first responders 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The young writer finds a father figure in the “immensely vitalizing, manipulative genius,” a Champagne-and-caviar-loving bon vivant, mired in despair, exposing the brutal and grotesque in his work. Six New Books, Including One by Christopher Buckley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

The genius of Grand Central, which accommodates many times the number of riders as the hub, entails more than that “wow” moment encountering its lofty main concourse. Santiago Calatrava’s Transit Hub Is a Soaring Symbol of a Boondoggle 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Commissioning the 55-year-old photographer for the project was a stroke of genius and/or insanity. Richard Avedon’s Portraits of the American West Ride Again 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

The starchitects of Trujillo's second reality are still here, but the appetite for celebrations of individual genius, and isolated, beautifully crafted buildings, seems to be dissipating. Starchitects and squatters: Venice Architecture Biennale 2012-08-29T17:58:36Z

Mandelson is scathing about the limitations of Oliver, who he says was no match for the “mad genius” of Cummings. 'They've turned Michael Gove into a vacillating fool' – politicians on Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Won over by the sheer unique genius of it, I imagined sharing it on Twitter. Review | ‘Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why’ takes hilarious aim at the current administration. But it’s not all fun and games. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

Her behavior — inspired by that foulmouthed little genius Arthur Rimbaud and tinctured by a subversive subject — wasn’t improved by the experience. Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’ 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

For all their genius, both authors arrived with limitations, as humans always do. Michael Cunningham: My fantasy Folio goes to Ulysses and To the Lighthouse 2013-07-16T14:44:16Z

“I want people to think of me as this perfect genius who emerged completely into the world. Of course, that’s not the case.” Something old, something new for Michael Stipe 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

“You must! The word genius is thrown around, but this boy is a true genius. And he learned how to do so much himself!” says Reiner, marvelling at 47-year-old Max Brooks’ precocity. 'Love and free food': Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner share the secrets of their 70-year friendship 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Serac reveals to Maeve upon meeting her that he watched her evolve with absolute interest, impressed by her ability to manipulate her way into escalating her intellect to a divine level of genius. "Westworld" and the fluency of a god 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

Speaking from Harryhausen's study in London on the day after his death, he remembers the "genius" with whom he started working more than 20 years ago. Curator on 'hoarder' Harryhausen 2013-05-08T15:04:49Z

Far from being domestically inept, she was, in addition to her talents as a journalist, novelist, muse and consort to men of genius, skilled in the kitchen. The Gimlet Eye: A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas 2010-12-21T20:37:10Z

In the last two years, he’s won a trifecta of arts prizes: a Guggenheim fellowship, a Doris Duke performing artist award and a MacArthur genius grant. After 30 Albums and 3 Recent Prizes, a Jazzman Flirts With the Mainstream 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

The series is about a group of socially awkward geniuses who team up to help battle the high-tech horrors of our age. Awkward Geniuses Battle Online Terrorism in ‘Scorpion’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

It just shows Hitchcock as the genius he was.The overhead shots of Norman Bates; the shrieking; the music – I could watch it time and time again, and it always gets me. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Some superb artists are troubled geniuses, others live ordinary lives. Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

I’m such a nut, I was the only one there crying because I was so moved by the clowns, who are such geniuses in their silent storytelling. Lauren Ambrose Just Wants to Go to French Clown School 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

But the only reason we know that we’re missing out on the latest Woody Allen or Roman Polanski movie is because they’ve been elevated as geniuses, with all the impunity and privilege such status confers. Perspective | Movies have become their own form of justice, even when they don’t make it to the screen 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

Bethany, despite being extremely young, was familiar with the comedic genius that is “I Love Lucy” because her mother used to watch it in the mornings. 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: NASCAR's Michael Waltrip sputters out 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

“We realized quickly that we can’t pretend to think like these geniuses,” he added during a telephone interview earlier this week. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: Johnny Galecki of 'The Big Bang Theory' 2011-09-15T17:15:07Z

The creators of the series said one of the issues they wanted to debunk was the concept of the solo artistic genius. Go behind the dancing to see what fueled FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

Einstein's genius didn't lie in one over-developed faculty – as the crass researchers who stole his brain for analysis believed – but in a broader-than-usual range of competencies. Peter Forbes: rereading Einstein's collected papers 2013-06-21T09:00:02Z

Yet in her career she exhibited a rare genius. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z

Stella Parks, a pie genius, uses 50% whole-wheat flour in her recipe on Serious Eats. 100% whole-wheat pie crust is a bad idea. Or is it? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

The research, precision and perhaps even genius that go into these instruments far exceeds our ability to use them. Mach2 modernism 2010-07-02T11:03:00Z

It is one treasured manifestation of his genius among many, but it’s not his strongest or most extreme or most self-urging or most visionary work—it’s his most popular one. Seeing Through “A Love Supreme” to Find John Coltrane 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

They’re created with complex engineering, and they’re populated by heroes—whether toys, humans, monsters, or feelings—who are inventors, Rube Goldbergian geniuses, or, as in “Inside Out,” diligent functions of the human brain. Pixar's Scientific Method 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Washington was eager to go to directing school under Mr. Coen, saying, “Joel is just a genius, focused.” Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

Hulbert offers an empathetic view of some child geniuses, including Shirley Temple and Bobby Fischer. New in Paperback: ‘The Power,’ ‘Fire and Fury’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

I have a better understanding of those who rise up from extreme adversity, and I learned firsthand that even geniuses at think tanks need to rethink their free snacks. Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z

Murphy is one of the performing geniuses of the era and doesn’t need an excuse. Why Is Eddie Murphy in Cinematic Exile? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

That was why he cast a conductor as Dau, he explains; Currentzis has the quality of genius, which no actor can portray. Inside Dau, the 'Stalinist Truman Show': 'I had absolute freedom – until the KGB grabbed me' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

Only it all went a bit tits-up and I didn't exactly cover myself in glory. Partly because I'm more of an idiot than I thought, but mainly because Glasgow had a genius on the buzzer. TV review: Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular; Jools's Annual Hootenanny; … Sings Disney Songs; Bear Grylls – Fine Dining; Numb; University Challenge 2012-12-31T23:55:01Z

Exceptional, too, was Mr. Cornejo, the American Ballet Theater principal, an artist so uncannily versatile as to merit the word “genius” more than any other dancer today. At Vail Festival, Dance Artists Renew and Extend Themselves 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z

Her account presents Yakobson as a genius still virtually unknown in the West because of Soviet ambivalence about, and hostility to, his work, which was barely documented by reviews or articles and rarely preserved. Review: ‘Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia’ 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

I welcome the re-emergence of Sly Stone, and look forward to exactly how he will continue the musical genius of Will.i.am. McGee on music: Will.i.am is the true successor to Sly Stone 2010-04-07T11:28:00Z

But Williams’s teachers recognized her musical genius and helped to foster it. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

You look at the other drawings with deep interest and admiration, but one glance at his and you think: genius! Leonardo da Vinci = Einstein + Picasso + Doctor Who 2010-04-22T15:20:00Z

Also well known, at least among the architecture set, are “the vulgar narcissism and arrogance and bombast and egocentrism and reckless financial — not to say moral — ways” of this self-proclaimed, and yet actual, genius. Review | A look at the forces — and tragedies — that shaped Frank Lloyd Wright 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

They will each receive a no-strings-attached grant of $500,000 over the next five years – widely known as a "genius" grant – to allow them "unprecedented freedom and opportunity to reflect, create, and explore". MacArthur 'genius' grants go to Junot Díaz and Dinaw Mengestu 2012-10-02T12:32:55Z

There was a dark edge to some scenes that found reflection in Ms. Mushegain’s singing; fitting, really, since the Cat’s fraudulent genius is driven by nothing more than the naked will to survive. Gotham Chamber Opera’s ‘El Gato con Botas’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

This guy was a genius — the way he does the drums, he even produced Michael Jackson’s single “I Wanna Be Where You Are.” | Theophilus London: A Swirl of Influences in a Psychedelic Haze 2011-06-17T18:54:18Z

The interface is simple and no frills, with all the functions to send photos and voice notes, and that’s the pure genius in it. These Are the Best Calling Apps for Travelers 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

“So my husband and I, thinking we were geniuses, got him all the albums,” Jacob explains. 'Mom, is it bad to be brown and Jewish?': how to talk to your children about race 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

Will the geniuses running these organisations ever read anything more challenging than tweets from their friends? Next week's radio: from Recycled Radio to 5 Live's Big Day Out 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z

But Texas is genius in that it’s gotten huge. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z

And totally different from Moneyball, where he played a brilliant, quiet math genius and made people realize he’s a serious actor. Jonah Hill Babysat My Two-Year Old Son 2011-11-17T13:28:42Z

"Then I heard the record and thought it was both genius and a perfect fit for Deconstruction." Kenneth Bager (No 1,077) 2011-08-03T16:05:28Z

We have one man's genius, drive and obstinate nature to thank for these enduring pieces of heaven: Frederick Law Olmsted. 'Genius of Place': the restless genius of Frederick Law Olmsted, America's first landscape architect 2011-06-22T19:04:05Z

It follows, as Boas believed, that all cultures share essentially the same mental acuity, the same raw genius. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond – review 2013-01-09T10:22:31Z

Hensher, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted "The Northern Clemency," is no genius with plot here, and he pushes coincidence to an absurd degree. 'King of the Badgers': A media circus in England 2011-09-21T23:08:04Z

Dunton came up with the genius idea for a magazine made up of questions submitted by readers. Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

They recall a passionate, hard-working artist, but not always the tormented, suicidal genius of legend. Review: ‘Loving Vincent’ Paints van Gogh in His Own Images 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. West replied, “I’m totally weird and totally honest and I’m totally inappropriate sometimes, and the thing is for me not to say I’m a genius I’d be lying to you and to myself.” Circa Now: Feuding in 140 Characters 2014-04-25T22:22:54Z

Fiction writer and MacArthur Foundation grant recipient Junot Díaz, looking like a genius. How to win one of the MacArthur Foundation's 'genius grants' 2012-10-02T15:35:54Z

They’re just grace notes, but they remind us that until now, Carlock and Fey’s genius has been for making stories entirely out of grace notes. ‘Mr. Mayor’ Review: A Political Comedy From Sitcom Royalty 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

He needs a translator of genius rather than mere skill. Céline's journey to the cutting edge of literature 2013-06-15T11:01:00Z

The award has come to be known as the “genius” grant, a term that tends to provoke annoyance at the foundation. MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

"We are delighted that Steven Spielberg will bring his inventive genius to directing the story of The BFG," it said in a statement. Spielberg to direct Dahl BFG film 2014-04-28T14:28:07Z

And today, Trash can solve the mystery puzzling the film world: who is the genius behind the fake Michael Haneke Twitter account? Trailer trash 2013-03-10T00:05:47Z

One of the questions the series poses is, "Where does genius end and madness begin?" The fluidity of "The Queen's Gambit" is its secret weapon 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Arthur had met her at a dinner party one night and was intrigued by what life must be like when you are sandwiched between two artistic geniuses, catering to both. Rebecca Miller on the Mother of All Subjects: Her Father 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

A comic masterpiece that's also deeply serious and perceptive about the mad military mindset of those times, Dr Strangelove's genius endures even as we bury the weapons we once feared so much. Dr Strangelove: No 6 2010-10-18T10:48:00Z

And was also tickled that a genius I’d admired all my life was calling me boss. Robin Williams, stage actor: What I learned from directing him in a Broadway play 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

“Everyone protects the ‘genius’ … And we’ve all agreed that women can be collateral damage.” 'We're all complicit': Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

There’s a great quote by Leonard Bernstein — I’m not going to get it exactly right –that genius requires an idea and not quite enough time. A tea company that started organically 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

He got involved with the new geniuses in Silicon Valley. The folly of Empire: how Star Wars menaced Hollywood 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

The fellowships, which have come to be known as “genius grants,” come with a stipend of $625,000 over five years — no strings attached. MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2015 Are Announced 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

“Pita is the most genius bread in the world,” he said. Eyal Shani, an Israeli Celebrity Chef, Makes His New York Debut 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

There were many great things about Toni Morrison: her humor, her humanness, her helping hand to so many writers — also, of course, her genius. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Yes, Galactia is a genius, and everyone around her is a mediocrity by comparison. Review: ‘Scenes From an Execution’ Features Jan Maxwell as a Difficult Artist 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Hardly fair for a genius of deadly wit and fertile ingenuity, even if he did put his best clothes on to write music – his way of serving God. The Firework-Maker's Daughter; Hallé Orchestra/Elder; Cheryomushki – review 2013-03-31T00:07:03Z

Cumberbatch embodies Louis Wain in the same way he did Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game," by using his tics and idiosyncrasies to show his genius and his fragile mental state. Benedict Cumberbatch charms as a cat-loving genius in Amazon's showy "Electrical Life of Louis Wain" 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

"Back in the old days, Sid Caesar, for those of you old enough to remember, was called a comic genius for impersonating foreign languages that he couldn't speak," Limbaugh said. Asian-American lawmakers demand Limbaugh apology 2011-01-28T12:06:09Z

And while both works retained their composers' genius, something went missing - like some "down" time. Review: Over-the-top beauty begs for more bite 2012-12-06T20:59:13Z

Morrissey's declaration of celibacy was another genius move, which made fans desperate to be the first to love him. Johnny Marr on the Smiths, Morrissey and putting politics back in pop 2013-01-11T07:00:00Z

The presiding genius of fictional innovation is Laurence Sterne, the 300th anniversary of whose birth is celebrated this year. At last – a books prize that rewards innovation 2013-01-25T19:30:01Z

I thought of him as a sweet and complicated genius, devoted to his students and to the evolving literary world. Perspective | When writer Hache Carrillo died, the world discovered his true identity. What does that mean for his legacy? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

The most salient feature of “Genius,” however, is its adherence to Hollywood tradition in the depiction of great artists and thinkers, which is to say that it’s about everything but genius. Review: ‘Genius’ Paints Picasso by the Numbers 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

As his archness sours into bitterness, the script glosses over his own part in the decline, buying into a glib notion of martyred genius. Orson Welles, Wonderettes and more on Seattle stages 2012-12-07T00:52:52Z

Mr. Sharon, 39, a MacArthur “genius” grant recipient and one of the most innovate directors working in opera today, tends to do things like that. Bayreuth’s First American Director Made Wagner a Feminist. What Now? 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Argentina’s quarter-final match against England in the 1986 World Cup will always be remembered for Maradona’s two goals, which, taken together, are a kind of shorthand into his genius and recklessness. The Tragedy of Diego Maradona, One of Soccer’s Greatest Stars 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

The guy's a genius and he went broke. Charlie Sheen hits New York - but what IS the show? 2011-04-10T00:08:52Z

Paris claims Doherty as one of its own: a tortured, misunderstood musical genius and romantic dandy. Pete Doherty and Carla Bruni: an unlikely love affair 2011-08-01T19:00:03Z

To start with, Holmes is a genius, and he hardly exhibits the same level of toxic behaviours that Trump does. Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: what is behind the detective’s appeal? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

The owner, chef and resident genius of the place was none other than Colonel Harland Sanders, who, on this hallowed ground, cooked the first batch of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Journeys: In Kentucky, Fried Chicken History 2012-08-24T18:21:19Z

“It’s so genius, but so stupid,” explained lead guitarist Whitney Petty, sitting in a booth with her bandmates at Cafe Solstice on Capitol Hill. The women of Thunderpussy want to talk music, not feminism 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

But in today's grim publishing environment, where book houses have to shout to be heard, O is a work of marketing genius. O, A Presidential Novel sparks search for anonymous author 2011-01-19T21:25:12Z

Bennett also attacks the idea of the artist as the kind of ravaged, tormented genius so often enshrined in biography. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z

One with a touch of genius but a tragically brief life is the term “boiling the ocean,” meaning engaging in a tedious, complicated, long-term project. Perspective | Gene Weingarten’s definitive guide to the ‘nothingburger’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim - review Stephen Sondheim's profound attention to his craft is the key to his genius. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z

“The all-important spark of genius was there,” The Times’s reviewer wrote, adding that his delivery was “that of conversation, almost colloquial,” a point of contention for British critics. A Battle of the Hamlets 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

“Then he applied that kind of philosophy to all of his stuff,” Gordy told the Desert Sun, “and he went on to become the genius that he became.” Michael Masser, top songwriter of 1970s and ’80s, dies at 74 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

It illuminates the artistry of a moviemaker whose genius has often seemed inseparable from the mystique surrounding it. The Making of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Was as Far Out as the Movie 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

These increasingly fine perceptions quietly exalt nature as the source of all human genius. 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Cawthorn has called Trump a genius and a father figure, and the former president, for his part, continued backing him. What does Madison Cawthorn do now? 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

“Trinity,” a recent book by Louisa Hall, takes up J. Robert Oppenheimer, the troubled genius who invented the atomic bomb, in 1945, and then lobbied against nuclear proliferation until his death, in 1967. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

The promotional blurb claimed that the item was just like Mourinho himself: “The watch is provocative … the robust exterior hides the genius below.” Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

He is often seen as this isolated genius. Kurt Schwitters: Tate retrospective aims to explode myths about Dadaist 2013-01-28T17:48:53Z

Like we haven't learned that skipping protocols is the first sign of evil genius. 'The Jensen Project' premieres Friday on TV 2010-07-16T23:16:00Z

The "project" is a secret community of geniuses formed to solve some of the world's problems, and they must fight to keep a new technology from falling into evil hands. 2 of nation's biggest advertisers join for movie 2010-07-15T17:54:00Z

It is not much of a ballet, and all the genius in the world can never make it one. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Hugo was and remains one of the greatest geniuses of all time. Read Your Way Through Paris 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

A certain Louis CK, whom critics like me hail rightfully as not just a comedic genius but a humane, insightful storyteller. Laughing Gas: In Defense of the Fart Joke 2013-10-02T14:28:05Z

It’s a gross parody of the self-professed misunderstood genius, sitting in his mom’s basement constipated with loneliness and rage. Of doughnuts and power tools: Jason Rhoades' art of the American man 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

More troublingly to some, the design genius who wrought exquisite interiors for his clients preferred to live in exotic disarray. Remembering the Marvelous, Maddening Mario Buatta 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

She is a genius, and to do a show about dance and teaching and things that I feel so passionately about was an honor. Sutton Foster: From ‘Star Search’ to centerstage at the Kennedy Center 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

I think of the messy genius of James Agee and Mary Austin as two possible antecedents for her genre-bending, lyrically charged, often outraged and outrageous American English. Postscript: C. D. Wright, 1949-2016 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

“I’d like them to think there is more to his story than he went mad, cut off his ears, was a genius and did these incredibly colorful paintings that sell for lots of money.” 'Loving Vincent' brings Van Gogh's art alive 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

“Then, of course, there’s the genius of Michael Greif, who attaches himself and helps develop these unique and creative works by younger people,” Baker said. 'Dear Evan Hansen' national tour will come to L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre in fall 2018 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

No, Mann is trying to be an analog genius in a digital world, and the pencil's running out of lead. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

"His sometimes provocative genius, admired and hailed by all, was constantly opening up new perspectives." 2010-02-12T06:25:00Z

His follow-up collection, “I Sailed with Magellan,” helped him win a MacArthur “genius” grant in 2007. ‘Paper Lantern’ and ‘Ecstatic Cahoots,’ by Stuart Dybek

Indeed, you yourself line up some great examples of middle-class pop genius – so thanks for that. Is pop too posh? 2013-03-30T18:00:01Z

This is not the exhibit where you reverently whisper about the genius of bygone masters; it’s a space of self-expression and joy. Derrick Adams and Barbara Earl Thomas highlight Black joy and aesthetics in Henry Art Gallery’s ‘Packaged Black’ 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

You can’t say Lloyd Webber doesn’t have a genius instinct for what audiences want — Grizabella, the “glamour cat” who belts out the iconic “Memory,” doesn’t even appear in Eliot’s original collection. "Cats" is a mesmerizing laser pointer for your brain 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

“I said to the staff, ‘You don’t want to claim to be a genius the year “Hamilton” is in town.’ How ‘Hamilton’ is paving the way for Broadway’s surging success on the road 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

I don't think there's much serious disagreement on this point--nor on Sondheim's genius and charm. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

This was my — basic, great — dream for this cookbook: A collection of timeless recipes so simple they'll bend around whatever is happening in your life, and so genius you never want to stop making them. The internet's favorite chocolate chip cookie 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

Also, supporting American art, or what he called “American genius,” was the patriotic thing to do. A Partial Look at the Corcoran Collection 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The first line of the chorus, given the record’s release a mere week after election day, makes one wonder if in addition to their musical genius, the members of Metallica also possesses psychic powers. Art is not an escape — it’s our most powerful weapon against apathy 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

Cummings is an eccentric genius, prone to alienating his peers by stubbornly pushing his own agenda — a part Cumberbatch might know a thing or two about playing. 19 HBO original programs to be excited about in 2019 — "True Detective," "Watchmen," and more 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

He was highly cultured and wildly rebellious, a pop genius who happened to be the son of a well-known classical composer and conductor. Review: ‘Lambert & Stamp’ Recalls the Duo Who Helped Ignite the Who 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

One thing which most interested me was the fact that neglect, or our genius for forgetfulness, occurs at every level of social and political activity. Peter Ackroyd: 'I just want to tell a story' 2011-08-25T13:51:05Z

For example, the most common image now associated with Bletchley Park is of the Bombe, a magnificent machine whose clicking rotors are also often used in “The Imitation Game” as evidence of Turing’s genius. Where the Real 'Imitation Game' Happened 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

Thomas Hardy’s novels and poems, by contrast, show equal genius. How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

So it's a mark of Lessing's genius that she encapsualted the genre's most basic philosophical tenets and turned them, almost effortlessly, back on themselves. Summer voyages: Shikasta Re: Colonised Planet 5 by Doris Lessing 2013-07-22T12:26:12Z

The genius does this over and over again till it becomes subconscious. How Can I Improve My Ability to Solve Hard Problems? 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

“He can sit up there with Dizzy and doesn’t have to take an apology because of the instrument. That’s the genius of the whole thing.” ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

I got to be the lead in this cool movie, this cool TV show opposite Jillian Bell, who's kind of a comic genius. "Space Force" standout Ben Schwartz reflects on pandemic anxiety, career shifts, and Carrie Fisher 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

The genius of America lies in its resilience and pragmatism. Robert Reich: “Cynicism is a self-fulfilling prophecy” 2013-05-14T15:58:00Z

True genius was defined by a quality of sprezzatura, creating brilliant work without any toil. The many ways art goes missing 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z