Recently, I was flipping through this book that contained quotes from various famous people regarding their own neurotic behaviors and tendencies. This is what caught my eye:
"I can sympathize with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness."
Such a simple statement. Such an obvious observation of human nature. But, how true is it?
Do you ever hear something, and when you do, it seems so obvious in its truth, and yet you didn't think of it beforehand?
This strikes me as the core of what a brilliant (creative) person does. They notice something that exists in the world and synthesize a statement or observation about it. It seems quite profound that the ability to notice the obvious could be such a key element to creative brilliance.
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