Janet Flanner Quotes

When you're talented, you're talented.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

I think it gets overused and tossed around in ways that aren't true. Every impressive achievement is not genius.

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius.

Talent is a tenant in the house owned by genius.

Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

The thing that most people call 'genius' I do not believe in.

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't.

You're gifted to do something.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented.

Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.

Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.

There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.