Lao Tzu Quotes

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.

I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered--either by themselves or by others.

Talent is some one faculty unusually developed; genius commands all the faculties.

Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds.

A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.

The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, "Ah Maestro, you are a genius!" Paderewski tartly replied, "Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod!" What he was saying was that his present acclaim was not handed to him on a silver platter. He, too, was once a little boy laboriously practicing his scales. And even at his peak, behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

Execution is the chariot of genius.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge asgenius, and as much genius as knowledge.

I would definitely like to direct at some point. I've been very fortunate to work with some amazing talent and study them. But when the right time and the right story arrives, and I feel like I'm compelled to tell it, then I'll do that.

Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.

What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint.

I'm a misunderstood genius.

Genius is only a superior power of seeing.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

I think you're born with style, but you have to develop it. You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

Adrian, you're a genius.