This description is usually credited to Thomas Edison.
Note added by TM:
In fact, you have quoted it wrongly; it should be:
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - which then makes sense.
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T A Edisonthomas edison"Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration" was a spoken statement by Thomas Edison in 1903. It was published in Harper's Monthly in September of 1932."Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration" is attributed to Thomas Edison.That is attributed to Thomas A. Edison.They are attributed to Thomas A. Edison.The quote is, "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." Thomas Alva Edison said this many times. He often expounded by saying, "I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident. They came by work."Thomas Alva Edison
If at first you don't succeed,try try again!- Edison tried several THOUSAND different variations when he was trying to figure out how to make his lightbulb burn for a long time without burning out.When asked if all of his failures had discouraged him he said No because he now knows the ways it doesn't work and he was closer to finding the way it will work.
1 percent out of 99 percent = 0.00991% of 99%= 1% * 99%= 0.01 * 0.99= 0.0099
Need value of 100 to answer or the other 99 percent.
99 percent as a fraction = 99/10099% = 99/100 in fraction