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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 these 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, I guess.

in (one's) (infinite) wisdom

Used ironically when describing one's action or decision that the speaker thinks was particularly stupid or ill advised. The management, in their infinite wisdom, decided to cut employees' benefits while demanding that they work even longer hours. Who, in their infinite wisdom, took away recess, expecting young kids to just sit still in class all day? The boss, in his infinite wisdom, just promoted his best friend—you know, the guy who never does anything around here.
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Prov. Genius is the quality of being exceedingly careful about everything you do. If genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains, Marilyn certainly has it. She never overlooks a single detail that needs attention.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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