Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Talent vs Genius

The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote: "Talent is able to achieve what is beyond other people’s capacity to achieve, yet not what is beyond their capacity of apprehension; therefore it at once finds its appreciators. The achievement of genius, on the other hand, transcends not only others’ capacity of achievement, but also their capacity of apprehension; therefore they do not become immediately aware of it. Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target … which others cannot even see."
In other words - a talented person may achieve what others never will - but a genius lives in a peculiarly lonely world, that others can neither perceive nor imagine.

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