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This exercise focuses on the foundations of creativity.

Read the 3 quotations and answer the question below.

Quotation 1:

Harry Shum - previously the head of Microsoft’s research laboratory in Beijing:
“Before you create anything new, you need to understand what is already there. Once you have this foundation, being creative can be trainable.”

 

Quotation 2:

Louis Pasteur – discovered that germs cause most infectious diseases:
"In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind."

 

Quotation 3:

Thomas Alva Edison – invented the electric light bulb:
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."

What is the main message of these 3 quotations? Choose 2 correct answers.

The foundation of creativity is knowledge, preparation and hard work.

Genius is largely the result of hard work, rather than an inspired flash of insight.

If you are a genius, you don't need to work hard: Good ideas will come to you automatically.