The defining trait of Leonardo’s genius
To be creative, you must be interested in many fields rather than be a specialist.
Leonardo da Vinci was interested in everything in the universe, including how we fit into it. He tried to answer questions such as, Why do people yawn? Why is the sky blue?
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