
“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.”
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
“Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
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“Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
Le génie commence les beaux ouvrages, mais le travail seul les achève.
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Le génie enfante, le goût conserve. Le goût est le bon sens du génie; sans le goût, le génie n'est qu'une sublime folie. <br class="br">François-René de Chateaubriand, in "Essai sur la littérature anglaise (1836): Modèles classiques http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=NUMM-101390&M=tdm. <br class="br">Misattributed
“The talent works, the genius creates.”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) German composer, aesthete and influential music critic
Attributed to Schumann in: The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 112, 1913, p. 811