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Walter Isaacson is a renowned American author and biographer. Known for his in-depth research and vivid storytelling, he has written biographies about historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, and Steve Jobs. His works not only detail the lives and achievements of these individuals but also delve into their inner worlds and thoughts.

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“Vision without execution is hallucination. .. Skill without imagination is barren. Leonardo [da Vinci] knew how to marry observation and imagination, which made him history’s consummate innovator.”

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“I think that genius comes not just from having great mental processing power. It comes from being able to, as Steve Jobs' ad said, think different.”

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“We relate to Leonardo da Vinci because his genius was just being passionately curious about everything. He wanted to know everything he could know about our universe, including how we fit into it. We can't all have a superhuman intellect like Albert Einstein's, but we can be super-curious. And we can also quit smashing curiosity out of the hands our children.”

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“Leonardo da Vinci was comfortable being illegitimate, gay, a misfit, a heretic. But he also respected other people. He didn't get into disputations. He was a genius but he had a certain humility. In his notebooks you see lists of people he wanted to grill about things like how the water diversions in Milan work; he was always interested in learning from other people.”

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“Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius.”

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Source: Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein

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Born: May 20, 1952
Known for: Writer
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