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“While painting The Last Supper, Leonardo would sometimes stare at the work for an hour, finally making one small stroke and then leave.”
Sentiment: Deep Dive
Trigger: Leonardo's creative process
For: Artists and creative professionals
Key quote: “Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, he told the Duke, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form.”
The host discusses Leonardo da Vinci's approach to creativity as described in 'The Last Supper', emphasizing the importance of experience over theory. This exploration highlights how Leonardo's method of deep observation and contemplation can inform our own creative processes.