"Yes I am personally rich and I can buy furs and houses," he reassured his fans, "but I need access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world".
"But I need access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world," he wrote.
However, he wants someone else's money in order "to bring more beautiful ideas to the world".
Hearing the opening aria of this work, with an oboe solo laying the groundwork for the sublime vocal melody, you invariably think that nothing could be more beautiful, an idea dispelled moments later by the second aria, "Schlummert ein, ihr matten augen" ("Fall asleep, you weary eyes"), with Bach in his inimitable lullaby mode.
There's nothing more beautiful than the idea of a burpee -- a single bodyweight exercise that works tons of muscles while challenging cardiovascular fitness.
"It's a beautiful idea, but more appropriate for a rural setting," Spade says.
Just as human faces with prototypical, commonly-occurring features are judged as more beautiful, the researchers found that ideas with a prototypical mix of novelty and familiarity were judged as more creative.
This is just one of the new ideas to make the Metro more beautiful, devised by the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens' design unit manager, Yo Kaminagai.
Although disastrous in practical politics, it is a beautiful idea to which we should pay more than lip service.
Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) is author of the new book A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas (Bloomsbury).
