Doe Quote by Elbert Hubbard

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

— Eugene Delacroix

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

— Anonymous

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

— Steve Martin

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

— Anonymous

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius.

— Margot Asquith

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

— Henry Wilson Allen

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

— Charles Horton Cooley

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

— James Russell Lowell

Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains. Genius is the infinite capacity for achievement without taking any pains at all.

— Helene Hanff

Talent is the capacity of doing anything that depends on application and industry and it is a voluntary power, while genius is involuntary.

— William Hazlitt