read a decent story called pillars of the earth
historical fiction might be how it is classified
but in the story we follow a stone mason and he wants to build churches
there is another character that comes along that wants to build churches and bridges
the author did an interesting job of discussing how these fellows felt driven by something and had a need to build and had the skill as well but they mostly learned on their own and literally lived by their success
their desire to create and their desire to test their ideas was portrayed well
i think that there is definitely innate ability for some things
honing it and paying attention seems to be a key to success and mastery