Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his [sic!] time but most people are far behind theirs.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.