Art Quote by Darold Treffert

There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle. And the…

— Darold Treffert

The ways in which acquired savants show up are usually the same ways that congenital, or non-acquired, savant syndrome shows up. They tend to…

— Darold Treffert

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…

— Daniel Tammet

Not everyone who has a savant skill I would equate with a genius.

— Darold Treffert

Those rare individuals society labels geniuses are almost always freaks of nature and are naturally gifted rather than being diligent students who became geniuses…

— James Morcan

There are estimated to be fewer that 50 prodigious savants worldwide. If we were brought together, it would be disappointing in the sense of…

— Daniel Tammet

“Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or…

— Otto Weininger

I think talent has a huge amount to do with concentration, concentration rather than the athletic ability of your neurons. If you can concentrate…

— Ethan Canin

We're all born with different talents. I'm really not that smart, but I can see things - financially and development-wise. It's just the way…

— Tilman J. Fertitta

It's motivation. Some people are gifted at specific things, but I had to develop. The thing I'm most talented at is the ability to…

— Kanye West

When I met my first savant in 1962, I was impressed by the abilities in these youngsters who had severe disabilities. They appeared to…

— Darold Treffert

Somehow our society has formed a one-sided view of the human personality, and for some reason everyone understood giftedness and talent only as it…

— Lev Vygotsky