“Talent does what it can: Genius does what it must.”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician
“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.”
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Journal
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Swiss philosopher and poet 1821–1881Related quotes
“Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.”
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Last Words, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Margot Asquith (1864–1945) Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit
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“The talent works, the genius creates.”
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Attributed to Schumann in: The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 112, 1913, p. 811
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“When you write easily, you always think you have more talent than you really do.”
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“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”
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