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,

 

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• haha, butPer HeleneHanff, it's talentNotGenius takingPains;) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (238 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 09:41:08

• oh, a genius can also be a troubleTaker. got it ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 14:45:52

• Agree. Not genius if taking pain. -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 17:36:53

• 94，白雲美眉。 Genius might b aTroubleTaker, butNot a PainTaker.;) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 17:56:00

• subtle but vast difference -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/30/2024 postreply 06:17:53

• My friend ran 800 miles across TN, talking about pain:-))) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 09:46:51

• wow! 1287.48km, would takeMe13days onAnE-Bike withPains ;)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 09:50:44

• It can't be all pain, even to geniuses :-))) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 09:52:31

• okay, may not be the 1st 50km, genius or not ;))) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 09:54:51

• pain in what? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/30/2024 postreply 06:14:09

• 想起，吃得苦中苦方為人上人：）不完全一樣。天才是1%天賦加99%汗水？ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:17:35

• Talents seem way overrated :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:57:11

• Correct if they have to sweat like us ordinaries:) -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 20:47:52

• 首先得先有那1% inspiration否則99%perspiration也無從談起 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 13:46:09

• No pains，no gains. But if someone thought taking all pains， -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:29:54

• then must have been depressed：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:30:34

• then they should goSee a Doc asap ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:33:52

• 哈哈，我不覺得天才take pains. I think genius enjoys pains defined by -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:48:31

• others：）比如數字，一般人覺得枯燥無味痛苦，數學天才卻很享受數字帶來的魔力 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:48:46

• YesDoc! U mustBe right + onTheRightSide + have a right ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/29/2024 postreply 10:51:20

• pain !=suffer -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/30/2024 postreply 06:13:30