Talent Quotes

Talent works, genius creates. (Robert Schumann)
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius. View quote
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. View quote
Arthur Conan Doyle
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. View quote
Michael Jordan
Brevity is the sister of talent. View quote
Anton Chekhov
The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius. View quote
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. View quote
Robert Benchley
Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty. View quote
Edgar Degas
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. View quote
Anton Chekhov
Genius points the way, talent takes it. View quote
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. (Louisa May Alcott)
Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. View quote
Erica Jong
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have. View quote
Woody Allen
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse. View quote
Rod Serling
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. View quote
Erma Bombeck
Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. View quote
Eric Hoffer
Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility. View quote
Alan Rickman
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. View quote
George Henry Lewes
I believe that every person is born with talent. (Maya Angelou)
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. View quote
Maya Angelou
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. View quote
Joseph Addison
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. View quote
Willa Cather
All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens. View quote
Willa Cather