“No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent, work transforms talent into genius.”

“Genius is a word that is very loosely used nowadays. It is ascribed to persons to whom a more sober judgement would be satisfied to allow talent. Genius and talent are very different things. Many people have talent; it is not rare: genius is. Talent is adroit and dexterous; it can be cultivated; genius is innate, and too often strangely allied to grave defects. But what is genius?”

“One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.”

“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work...”

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”

“Vocation is different from talent. One can have vocation and not have talent; one can be called and not know how to go.”