Franz Grillparzer Quotes About Talent

Quotes about: Talent

• People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Inspirational, Music, People

• Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors?
  Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).

  Franz Grillparzer

  Art, Order, Poetry

• Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other words, by integrating everything into a whole, whereas talent produces only fragments, no matter how beautiful.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Beautiful, Integrity, Matter

• Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Average, Two, Mind

• Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Views, Insanity, Insane

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