Francis Herbert Hedge Quotes

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

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

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

Talent is a tenant in the house owned by genius.

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

Genius gives birth, talent delivers.

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

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

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

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

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

Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.

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.

Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds.

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

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

... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.

There's no denying that Caruso came with a voice?that Beethoven came with music in his soul, Picasso was drawing like an angel in the crib.You're born with it.

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

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

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.

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

I probably have genius. But no talent.