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“Nietzsche argued against the concept of innate genius, writing in Human, All Too Human that people who achieve great things acquire greatness through the 'seriousness of the efficient workman' rather than inborn talent.”

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Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired greatness, became 'geniuses' through qualities the lack of which no one who knew what they were would boast of.

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Nietzsche held that what passes for genius is rarely innate but rather the product of immense labor, and that the 'cult of genius' serves to make the ungifted feel better about their lack of effort.

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Genius does nothing but learn how to lay stones, then to build, always to seek for material and always to work on it.

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