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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.

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

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.