“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?”

“...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...”

“She was one of those writers, far from rare in the world of letters, who suppose that push and pull are an adequate substitute for talent...”

“There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.”

“Talent does what it can: Genius does what it must.”

“Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can”

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