Quotes About Inspiration

Seek knowledge for its own sake. Not all knowledge needs to be useful. Sometimes it should be pursued for pure pleasure. Leonardo did not need to know how heart valves work to paint the Mona Lisa, nor did he need to figure out how fossils got to the top of mountains to produce Virgin of the Rocks. By allowing himself to be driven by pure curiosity, he got to explore more horizons and see more connections than anyone else of his era.

Leonardo at twenty-nine was more easily distracted by the future than he was focused on the present.

He had an imagination so excitable that it flirted with the edges of fantasy, which is also something we can try to preserve in ourselves and indulge in our children.

People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and, moreover, make you want to admire them for it.

Greg Calhoun, who became close to Jobs right after college, saw another effect.

Saya yakin bahwa rasa cinta adalah guru yang lebih baik ketimbang kewajiban, paling tidak bagi saya. -Einstein-

Jobs pointed out as we walked in front of his old house.

Growing up, I got inspired by the history of the place," Jobs said.

The job of art is to chase ugliness away.

Innovation occurs when ripe seeds fall on fertile ground.

After the applause, he used the quotations book to make a more subtle point, about his reality distortion field. The quote he chose was from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. After Alice laments that no matter how hard she tries she can't believe impossible things, the White Queen retorts, Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Especially from the front rows, there was a roar of knowing laughter.

It is in the mind of a single person that creative ideas and concepts are born.

People don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Thus he became the archetype of the Renaissance Man, an inspiration to all who believe that the "infinite works of nature," as he put it, are woven together in a unity filled with marvelous patterns.2 His ability to combine art and science, made iconic by his drawing of a perfectly proportioned man spread-eagle inside a circle and square, known as Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius.

The most successful endeavors in the digital age were those run by leaders who fostered collaboration while also providing a clear vision. Too often these are seen as conflicting traits: a leader is either very inclusive or a passionate visionary. But the best leaders could be both. Robert

Great inventions come from understanding basic science. Nature is beautiful that way.

Like many entrepreneurs, Bushnell had no shame about distorting reality in order to motivate people.

By 2001 Apple had revived its personal computer offerings. It was now time to think different. A set of new possibilities topped the what-next list on his whiteboard that year.

Macintosh." Jobs, clean-shaven and bouncy, gave a toothy smile and asked

Okay, it's not easy, but that's why we're no Einstein and he was.

Think Different" campaign, featuring iconic photos of some of the same people we were considering, and he found the endeavor of assessing historic influence fascinating. After

l'immaginazione è più importante della conoscenza.

poet convinced both of his own talent and of the need to be self-indulgent in order to be a great artist.

When I hear that kind of thing," he responded, "it reminds me of what the beaver told the rabbit as they stood at the base of Hoover Dam: 'No, I didn't build it myself, but it's based on an idea of mine.