12 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Art and Science Require Both Creativity and Rationality
How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, they think, and uses only his intuition; he sees all at once and has no need of reason. A scientist is cold, they think, and uses only his reason; he argues carefully step by step, and needs no imagination. That is all wrong. The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers. The true sc...Art without rationality is lame, science without creativity is less innovative. Stereotypes of artists and scientists are unrealistic.