15 great people, who were called mediocrity

"Sorry, but you do not have talent. It is better to leave your creative attempts and go explore some respectable profession application. "

"Mediocrity", "hopeless", "no future" - which only the labels do not hang in the society of those who see life in its own way. But it's how the world - if you're going to change it, there is always someone who is totally against it.

To these recommendations are not undermined your faith in ourselves, we have collected interesting stories from history, which prove that the true creator nothing can get to retrain in the superintendent.

Feodor Chaliapin

Almost anecdotal story happened to good friends - Feodor Chaliapin and Alexei Peshkov. Poor students have decided to improve their financial situation and went to look for work in the choir singers, and after - in the newspaper reporters. The irony was that Peshkov took in a chorus to reject the paper as a journalist, and Chaliapin, on the contrary, found literary talent, but did not find the singing ... Fortunately, life has put everything in its place, and in the future the world still has found the great writer Gorky and Chaliapin great musician.

Mikhail Vrubel

In the memoirs of Konstantin Korovin described an interesting case: one day in the summer of 1884 Korovin Vrubel and lunch restaurant in Kiev, and instead of paying Wrobel offered master watercolor. The owner picked up the scandal because of the fact that instead of two rubles he shoved some daub. Two days later, Vrubel and brought the money and received the "Study for the Eastern tale" back ... And now, a century paintings adorn the collection of the Russian Museum.

Vladimir Nabokov

In 1916, Vladimir Nabokov, while still a student Tenishev School, at their own expense has released a collection of poetry. All 67 poems were publicly criticized by teacher colleges - V. Gippius. Nabokov considered it a fair criticism, but by writing, fortunately, did not give up ... By the way, the collection became the only book published in Russia during the life of Nabokov.

Alphonse Mucha

"The absolute lack of talent" - a summary given to a young artist Alphonse Maria Mucha from Professor benefits when trying to enter the Prague Academy of Fine Arts. It is unlikely that at the time respected professor could imagine that failed the exam the student a few years become an icon of Art Nouveau.

Faina Ranevskaya

Faina Ranevskaya editorial board was recognized in 1992 by the British encyclopedia "Who is who" of one of the 20 outstanding actresses of the twentieth century. Hard to believe, when applying for a job at a theater near Moscow Artist "won" by the director of the epithet "perfect mediocrity."

Walt Disney

"Dad," Mickey Mouse and Snow White, the owner of one of the iconic Hollywood studios, the billionaire and the author of several hundreds of world famous cartoon characters of Walt Disney has not always been so successful. At the dawn of his career, Disney was hired cartoonist at the same publishing house, but soon he was fired for "outstanding inability to draw and lack of imagination."

Steven Spielberg

The famous director has not entered kinofakultet "due to the complete lack of talent." However, just because Spielberg did not give up. The young man went straight to Universal, where he showed a 20-minute short film "Emblin". To the credit of the company, its management immediately signed a contract with the young talent.

Albert Einstein

Winner of the Nobel Prize Albert Einstein to 4 years do not know how to talk, but in college the most difficult subject was physics ... for him. Despite the conclusion of the teacher that "out of this mediocrity is nothing good will come out," and on the stable of two in the entrance exams at the Polytechnic, Einstein continued to believe in their "physical" uniqueness. The misunderstanding of the others was not surprising - according to the scientist, the theory of relativity were able to realize only ten people worldwide.

Alexander Butlerov

The creator of the theory of chemical structure Alexander Butlerov was responsible for the fire at the Kazan University, a student whom he was in those years. As punishment, the unlucky experimenter forced to hang a sign "great chemist" and pass in this form in front of all the students. This humiliation will not turn away a young man on his favorite subject, and after some time Butlerov really managed to become a great chemist.

Giuseppe Verdi

V1832 year, the Milan Conservatory was an unknown young composer, convinced the director to listen to his compositions. In response, the young man got quite a tough summary: "Leave the idea of ​​a conservatory. If you so want to play music, look for yourself a private teacher in the urban musicians. " Decades later, this is the Milan Conservatory fought for the right to be called in honor of the great, though rejected at the time of the composer Giuseppe Verdi.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, is not studied at school and six years was branded his music teacher definition of "hopeless."

Sergei Prokofiev

Because of the complete failure of concern at the general meeting of the orchestra and the ballet company Ballet premiere of "Romeo and Juliet" was canceled - music created for this product Prokofiev, was too complex and incomprehensible even for the company. "There is no sadder story in the world than the music of Prokofiev's ballet" - such an original "support" provided composer colleagues.

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According to eyewitnesses, Isaac Newton studied so bad that teachers believed that he did not "budding." Dmitri Mendeleev failed exams in chemistry at St. Petersburg University and, having prepared better, he entered the Pedagogical. For poor progress he was expelled from secondary school Kronstadt Pyotr Kapitsa - the future winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

This list can be continued indefinitely. Doing things you love, believe in yourself and do not doubt in his chosen!