Talk:Genius

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 * These should be provided with sources before being moved back into the article.


 * Talent hits the target which no one else can hit; Genius hits a target which no one else can see.
 * Arthur Schopenhauer a variant of this is actually already sourced on the page:
 * Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. With people with only modest ability, modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent, it is hypocrisy.


 * Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
 * Robert Lynd


 * I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
 * James Whistler


 * The greatest act of genius is humility.
 * Stephen Davey

Nietzsche
I believe that Nietzsche has many quotations on this topic, some of which should be put here if someone has access to them.