APAD:Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains

proverb:

What appears as exceptional intellectual or creative capacity is actually the ability to continually exert great effort and attention to detail. Maybe some designers are born with some innate brilliance, but their designs are the result of a laser focus on getting all the details right. Ultimately, genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. He's a smart guy, yeah, but he's lazy. He won't get far, considering genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. All these successful entrepreneurs had great ideas, sure, but they worked extremely hard to realize them. Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
 

There are also a few more references:

Proverbial saying, late 19th century; Thomas Carlyle in Frederick the Great (1858) has, ‘ ‘.Genius’.…means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all.’

This one might be from stories of Sherlock Holmes，“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle,

 

haha, butPer HeleneHanff, it's talentNotGenius takingPains;)

btw,loveMovie 84CharingCrossRoad, based on Hanff's book ;-))

My friend ran 800 miles across TN, talking about pain:-)))

wow! 1287.48km, would takeMe13days onAnE-Bike withPains ;))

It can't be all pain, even to geniuses :-)))

okay, may not be the 1st 50km, genius or not ;)))

想起，吃得苦中苦方为人上人：）不完全一样。天才是1%天赋加99%汗水？

oh, a genius can also be a troubleTaker. got it ;-))

No pains，no gains. But if someone thought taking all pains，

then must have been depressed：）

then they should goSee a Doc asap ;-))

哈哈，我不觉得天才take pains. I think genius enjoys pains defined by

others：）比如数字，一般人觉得枯燥无味痛苦，数学天才却很享受数字带来的魔力

YesDoc! U mustBe right + onTheRightSide + have a right ;-)

Talents seem way overrated :-)

首先得先有那1% inspiration否则99%perspiration也无从谈起

oh, a genius can also be a troubleTaker. got it ;-))

Agree. Not genius if taking pain.

thx白云美眉 Genius might b aTroubleTaker, butNot a PainTaker. ;)

Correct if they have to sweat like us ordinaries:)

pain !=suffer

pain in what?

subtle but vast difference