Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

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

There is no off position on the genius switch.

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

Talent is a tenant in the house owned by genius.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

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

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.

Genius is a grace. The true man of genius acts by movement or by impulsion.

Beauty like hers is genius.

Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.

alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.

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

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

Talent works, genius creates.

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.

Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

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

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.