Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
proverb Genius or things considered to have the quality of genius may derive from brilliant ideas or intellect, but they require a huge amount of hard work to be successful. The phrase is attributed to US inventor Thomas Edison. All these successful entrepreneurs had great ideas, sure, but they worked extremely hard to realize them. Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. He's a smart guy, yeah, but he's lazy. He won't get far, considering genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Maybe these designers are born with some innate brilliance, but their designs are the result of hard work and dedication. Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, after all.
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