Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
Talent works, genius creates.
Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
I probably have genius. But no talent.
Somehow our society has formed a one-sided view of the human personality, and for some reason everyone understood giftedness and talent only as it applied to the intellect. But it is possible not only to be talented in one's thoughts but also to be talented in one's feelings as well.
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