First, the dazzling idea of the solitary scientific "genius", thirsting and reckless for knowledge, for its own sake and perhaps at any cost.

Bold visionaries residing in solitary genius need not apply.

He is a solitary genius, the carnivorous conqueror, constantly embarking upon fresh adventures.

On the other are so-called conservators, who ridicule those efforts and want no deviation from the idea that the entire canon was written by a solitary genius.

By the time he died in 1917, Ryder had certainly contributed to the modern ideal of the artist as solitary, unkempt genius, living uncompromised in poverty.

Specifically, she proposes that his icon status emphasizes the harmful idea that science is only accessible to a few solitary geniuses.

The solitary genius is now thought to have been the boss of a major collective enterprise: a large studio of disciples with a rapid turnover of personnel.

Another reason accusations of grumbling rarely make it to court is that architecture, despite the romantic image of the solitary genius, is largely a collaborative pursuit.

He shows that Franklin did not tame lightning in Promethean fashion, all alone, by directing his solitary genius at the heavens.

The emphasis falls on the hardships encountered, with the solitary genius remaining unappreciated by the establishment until, late in life or after death, both work and worker are vindicated.