“天才是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水”这句话是什么意思?

“天才是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水”这句话是什么意思?

“天才是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水”的意思是:不论天分多好,要是不努力的话也是没用。

原句:天才就是99%的汗水+1%的灵感。

(注:没有下半句“但没有这1%的灵感那99%的汗水也是徒劳”)

在Harper's Monthly (September 1932)发布的关于爱迪生的文可以说是第一次说爱迪生说了Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.这句话。

一般认为这句话提炼自1929的一次发布会,在发布会中爱迪生说了None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.说的是勤奋的作用。

另外一次他说的版本是:"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework."依旧是在说勤奋的作用。

爱迪生本人没有说过“但没有这1%的灵感那99%的汗水也是徒劳”这样的下半句。

而Without the one percent of inspiration, all the perspiration in the world is only a bucket of sweat.是作家Cindi Myers自己对于爱迪生的敬仰的发挥,不是爱迪生所说,随后在翻译中估计出了些小错误。

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知乎:https://www.zhihu.com/question/20959742/answer/24625274