Oscar Wilde? Frank Harris? Apocryphal?

Question for Quote Investigator: The following passage from a philosophical magazine of 1815 asserts that intellectual gifts are innate:1
That genius is born, is a trite truth; education never creates, it only cultivates and directs the faculties.
An ancient adage states this controversial thesis concisely for the realm of poetry:
A poet is born, not made.
There are many examples of great poets and other geniuses such as Vincent van Gogh and Nikola Tesla who died in poverty. Oscar Wilde who was also financially strapped at the end of his life was aware of the pitfalls of brilliance, so he modified an adage with acerbic wordplay:
Genius is born, not made.
Genius is born, not paid.
Would you please examine this expression?
Reply from Quote Investigator: The earliest evidence located by QI appeared in the 1916 biography “Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions” by Frank Harris. A section about Wilde’s last year of life in 1900 described a party during which the witticism was delivered.2 Boldface has been added to excerpts:3
The entertainment usually started with some humorous play on words. One of the company would say something obvious or trivial, repeat a proverb or commonplace tag such as, “Genius is born, not made,” and Oscar would flash in smiling, “not ‘paid,’ my dear fellow, not ‘paid.'”
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