GENIUS IS TEN PERCENT INSPIRATION AND NINETY PERCENT PERSPIRATION.

Genius is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration.: translation

Prov. People get brilliant results primarily by working hard, not because they have special inborn powers. •

Child: Betty always does the best drawings in art class. She must be a genius. Father: If you worked hard, you could do just as well. Remember, genius is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration.