Originality and the Individual: Art vs. Science

[hubag bohol]

If I discover a scientific idea, surely someone else would’ve discovered the same idea had I not done so. Whereas, look at Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” â€" if he didn’t paint “Starry Night,” nobody’s gonna paint “Starry Night.” So, in that regard, the arts are more individual to the creative person than a scientific idea is to the one who comes up with it. --Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist

[hubag bohol]