Excess Quote by V. S. Pritchett

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.

— Hugh Leonard

We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have…

— Susan Mitchell

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Eugene Delacroix

It is the curse of talent that, although it labors with greater steadiness and perseverance than genius, it does not reach its goal, while…

— Robert Schumann

By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.

— Charles Saatchi

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

Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.

— Paul Valery

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

— Anonymous

Don't mistake lack of talent for genius.

— Anonymous