Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes About Talent
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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.
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Composition is a process of combination, in which thought puts together complementary truths, and talent fuses into harmony the most contrary qualities of style. So that there is no composition without effort, without pain even, as in all bringing forth. The reward is the giving birth to something living--something, that is to say, which, by a kind of magic, makes a living unity out of such opposed attributes as orderliness and spontaneity, thought and imagination, solidity and charm.
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Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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