Florence, every mention
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#121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
- ▶ 19:21 Walter Isaacson Why was it that in the 14 seventies, when Leonardo da Vinci goes to, uh, Florence, it's a mix of people from all over, uh, the trading world, from the Arab world with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:52 Shane Parrish I like the idea of these pockets of sort of innovation that crop up, whether it's Britain or Florence or Silicon Valley. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:49 Walter Isaacson He had flamboyant ways of dressing, and as a young teenager, he arrives in Florence, not fitting in, and yet Florence, and this is why it's a cradle of creativity, embraces him.
- ▶ 32:26 Walter Isaacson Uh, they're both in Florence, both gay. 5 times in the scene