Brainy Quote by Francis Herbert Hedge

Talent is some one faculty unusually developed; genius commands all the faculties.

— Frederic Henry Hedge

The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

— Malcolm Cowley

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

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

— Steve Martin

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

— James Russell Lowell

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

— Eugene Delacroix

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Anonymous

The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all.…

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Helene Hanff

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

— Anonymous