These artistic "mistakes," inspired Rothschild to write a book, The Art of Mistakes, to encourage others to awaken the artist within them who may have had previous attempts at creativity criticized or think they aren't good enough to even try.
This fashion was partly inspired by the mistaken belief that antique sculpture had been unadorned (the painted surfaces and inlays had been lost long ago); an added attraction, especially in the case of white marble, was that an "uncoloured" state could be moralised.
The title for the new Philip Glass/Robert Wilson opera was inspired by a mistake.
And they were outplayed throughout the game, with their only good spell inspired by Lucas' mistake.
It eventually inspired a continuity mistake, as the car enters the alley on the right side tires and exits the street driving on the left side.
The mistake inspired many face-palms on Twitter, because it reminded people of that old racial stereotype that all Asians look alike.
Stuart Knight, London We say: Bruce Robinson's tale of two down-and-out actors who go on holiday 'by mistake' has inspired a true cult following - from the pilgrims who make misguided pilgrimages to Penrith, to the stoners who play the Withnail Drinking Game (match every drink taken on screen - including lighter fluid!) with hospitalising results.
Medical discoveries, even mistaken ones, have inspired poets and playwrights since the beginning of the written word, from the influential notion that four "humours" (choleric, melancholic, sanguine, and phlegmatic) determined character, to the more metaphorical use made of medicine by poets such as John Donne.
We might even have the opportunity of hearing from trusted role models who amended a mistake and be inspired by their story that was intended to guide us in the right way.
By presenting Moses' unjustified accusations, the Bible is reminding us that even brilliant, scrupulous, divinely inspired leaders like Moses sometimes make mistakes.
