Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation Quotes)

Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.[Also known as:]Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.[Das Talent gleicht dem Schützen, der ein Ziel trifft, welches die Uebrigen nicht erreichen können; das Genie dem, der eines trifft, bis zu welchem sie nicht ein Mal zu sehen vermögen.]

Source:(Dover, ed. 1966), Volume II, Chapter XXXI. On Genius, Page 391
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