“What is virtue? reason put into practice: -talent? reason expressed with brilliance: -soul? reason delicately put forth; and genius is sublime reason.” SoulReasonPracticeVirtueTalentGeniusSublimeBrilliance Author:Andre Chenier
“Opportunities, creative ideas or the lack of them, happiness, frustration, brilliance, talent, success and failure - all are determined by the state of mind that you're in.” MindIdeasStatesOpportunityCreativeTalentDeterminedFrustrationState Of MindIntroductionBrillianceSuccess And FailureCreative Ideas Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is only occasional that talent becomes genius - radiating sparks, brilliance, energy, and charismatic magnetism... such a talent was Janis Joplin.” EnergyTalentGeniusSparksOccasionalBrillianceCharismaticMagnetism Author:Clive Davis
“By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.” TakenTalentGeniusMediocrityBrilliance Book:My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic Source: My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic