 This period of preparation may have something to do with Edison’s alleged remark that “genius is five percent inspiration and ninety-five percent perspiration.” Yet there seems to be another type of genius in which inspiration plays a much larger part, and Reuben Benjamin was an example.“When I visualize some desirable result,” he explained, “I prefer to head for it directly.This means, first of all, clearing my mind as much as possible of everything that may have been done about it previously.