天才不过是百分之一的灵感,再加上百分之九十九的汗水.－爱迪生

Genius is one per cent 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.
Source:Harper’s Monthly,1932
Variant form:Genius:one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
如果这段英文原文是真的,那么,很明显,后半句话的意思是“天才仅仅是一个有才能完成他的作业的人”,而要成为伟人,仍然要强调汗水的重要性.而有人竟然把后半句曲解成：“但那1%的灵感是最重要的,甚至比那99%的汗水都要重要”是严重错误的.