Posted on Wednesday 23 November 2005 - Popularity: unranked
To do innovation, you need to look at technology and science as an art. Some great comments by Steve Jobs about the similarity of art and science:
“I actually think there’s actually very little distinction between an artist and a scientist or engineer of the highest caliber. I’ve never had a distinction in my mind between those two types of people. They’ve just been to me people who pursue different paths but basically kind of headed to the same goal which is to express something of what they perceive to be the truth around them so that others can benefit by it.”
Personally I started as an electronic engineer, than moved to the art & design field for some years and later became a web and open source developer/programmer, so I can say I know both fields pretty well and I definitely agree with Steve on this one.
“I think the artistry is in having an insight into what one sees around them. Generally putting things together in a way no one else has before and finding a way to express that to other people who don’t have that insight so they can get some of the advantage of that insight that makes them feel a certain way or allows them to do a certain thing.”
