“Talent or skill wasn't how you recognized a genius. A genius was the person giving the world the eff-you salute while doing the impossible.”
“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is 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?”
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
“If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent or genius can make up for it.”
“No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent, work transforms talent into genius.”