Genius originates ideas and invents forms; talent adopts ideas and imitates forms. Talent is instructed; genius is inspired.


Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects: A Series of Popular Lectures, Chapter VIII (p. 274), Charles Scribner & Co. 1866

Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

Genius originates ideas and invents forms; talent adopts ideas and imitates forms. Talent is instructed; genius is inspired.

Genius originates ideas and invents forms; talent adopts ideas and imitates forms. Talent is instructed; genius is inspired.

Genius originates ideas and invents forms; talent adopts ideas and imitates forms. Talent is instructed; genius is inspired.

Genius originates ideas and invents forms; talent adopts ideas and imitates forms. Talent is instructed; genius is inspired.