“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent persp…”

“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

— Thomas Edison

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Title: Wikiquote: Thomas Edison
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Edison claimed authorship of this statement in a 1927 letter: "it is quite true I once made the statement that genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, and I am still of the same opinion".

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Edison, Thomas. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Thomas Edison. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

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