Brilliance Quote by Clive Davis

Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never

— Lord Byron

To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.

— Shia LaBeouf

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

— Charles Horton Cooley

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

— Eugene Delacroix

There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.

— Winslow Homer

The only thing that happens overnight is recognition. Not talent.

— Carol Haney

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

— Alfred Adler

I think talent is like a water table under the earth—you tap it with your effort and it comes through you.

— Natalie Goldberg

There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of…

— Pat Metheny

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

— Anonymous

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

— Bernard Williams