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These Biographies by Walter Isaacson Will Change Your Brain Drastically
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Learn just because you want to. Not everything you know has to be useful. Sometimes, it should be done just for fun.
Leonardo was only what he was because his mind kept asking him why, what, and how questions about everything he saw.
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” -said Steve Jobs.
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” -Steve Jobs
“A century after his great triumphs, we are still living in Einstein’s universe” — Isaacson
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.” -Albert Einstein
Jobs was a man who didn’t follow the rules and dared to turn his vision into reality, Einstein was a great scientist and human being, and Leonardo da Vinci was an artist whose mind kept asking him questions about everything he saw.