  :I'm afraid your view of genius is a rather stunted one: you're very right to say that genius is marked by originality (as it states very clearly in the article), but the other factors you included are not applicable. It is, of course, part of the nature of genius to include motivation, intense concentration, incredible creativity and curiosity, but it is not these things which make a genius. And the article is not propogating the 'ever-popular IQ-genius equivalence myth'. It discusses it efficiently, but the general view of the article is that genius is an natural intelligence and creativity, marked by many factors, including a generally high IQ, but that these factors are a result of the actual condition. Things like 'luck' are irrelevent.  If you would care to suggest any addition or modification which could be made to the article, please feel free to suggest them.   