“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.”

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

“You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius….”

“Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even for chess, but only a universal genius. … The theory of special genius, according to which for instance, it is supposed that a musical genius should be a fool at other subjects, confuses genius with talent. … There are many kinds of talent, but only one kind of genius, and that is able to choose any kind of talent and master it.”

“Everyone has talent. The question is how do we find it, and how do we nurture it?”

“The talent works, the genius creates.”

“I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn't know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.”

“When you write easily, you always think you have more talent than you really do.”

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.”