A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.
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The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.
Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead.
Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard.
Genius is talent provided with ideals. Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen. The man of genius of today will infifty years' time be in most cases no more than a man of talent.
the distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.
Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.
There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor
Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
I think all writers have a bit of genius in them, and a bit of talent. Genius retreats but talent improves.
No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it.
Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Talent is able to achieve what is beyond other people's capacity to achieve, yet not what is beyond their capacity of apprehension; therefore it at once finds its appreciators. The achievement of genius, on the other hand, transcends not only others' capacity of achievement, but also their capacity of apprehension; therefore they do not become immediately aware of it. Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.
Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.
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