In his essay "The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius" Paul Graham says:
"If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters."
http://www.paulgraham.com/genius.html
"If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters."
http://www.paulgraham.com/genius.html