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I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.
I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.
Tori Amos, Musician (1963) |
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (1908) |
Claude Debussy, Composer (1862) |
Julius J. Epstein, Dramatist (1909) |
Charles Fillmore, Educator (1854) |
Valerie Harper, Actress (1940) |
Peter James, Writer (1948) |
Nina Bawden, Writer (2012) |
Charles W. Eliot, Educator (1926) |
Charles William Eliot, Educator (1926) |
James T. Farrell, Novelist (1979) |
Luc Ferrari, Composer (2005) |
Eric Johnston, Businessman (1963) |
Jack Layton, Politician (2011) |
Jerry Leiber, Musician (2011) |