I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.
To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.
I have an extraordinary attention span. I manage to juggle two or three different ideas at the same time, and that's probably - if I have a gift, that's probably the best gift that's given me.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know very many of the others.
First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.
I was an appalling person to teach. At 14, I was pretty advanced. I would read all the books in a few minutes, and I was bored. It must have been awful for a teacher to have a bright boy who's giving them his undivided indifference.
It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't.
Very gifted people may be sociopathic in varying degrees.
Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius.
I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.
I think it gets overused and tossed around in ways that aren't true. Every impressive achievement is not genius.
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable.
Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people.
I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.
One thing that all of my children, biological and foster children, have taught me is the unbelievable diversity of talent and giftedness that all people have.
I believe God gave me talent to play this game, and I'd be sacrificing those gifts if I didn't give my best every single day.
Every human being has inside them something more important than him or herself - his or her Gift.
Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.
I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.
I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it.
I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.
