George Gershwin Quotes

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

Genius gives birth, talent delivers.

Of course creativity is a mystery. We don't know what drives it or what constitutes it. It's one of those things, like genius, you know it when you see it but it's impossible to define.

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

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

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

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

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

Paul Cummins is a genius. He's a true visionary.

Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead.

Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.

the distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.

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

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Talent works, genius creates.

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

To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.

I admire people who are creative.

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