Quotes on Talent And Genius

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?