The sentence "Genius comes from diligence" was said by Gorky, a famous Soviet writer, which means that only by constantly working hard and studying hard can a person achieve outstanding achievements.
Gorky, formerly known as Alexei Macsimovici Piskov, was a Soviet proletarian writer, poet, critic, political commentator and scholar. Gorky was born in a carpenter's family in Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga River. When his father died at the age of 4, he spent his childhood with his mother at his grandfather's house.