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Frank Lloyd Wright is known for working in a similar way [1]: > Still another remarkable quality about Wright’s work habits was his practice of never doing a s
by moubry 10y ago
Frank Lloyd Wright is known for working in a similar way [1]:
> Still another remarkable quality about Wright’s work habits was his practice of never doing a sketch until he had the entire project worked out in his head.
[1]: https://books.google.com/books?id=z40CNby1wnYC&lpg=PA113&dq=frank%20lloyd%20wright%20daily%20work%20habits&pg=PA113#v=onepage&q=frank%20lloyd%20wright%20daily%20work%20habits&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=z40CNby1wnYC&lpg=PA113&dq=...
- Zuider 10y agoThe philosopher, Bertrand Russel was also known to work like this. He would produce a perfectly structured, completed work on the first draft.
- richardfeynman 10y agoThe Feynman Algorithm: 1. Write down the problem. 2. Think real hard. 3. Write down the solution.
- abecedarius 10y agoActually, Feynman answered in an interview once that his notebooks were where he did his work. The interviewer followed up with something like "You mean where you wrote it down?" and he gave an emphatic no. Ah, here it is: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/5020-5 https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral... > Weiner: Well, the work was done in your head but the record of it is still here. > Feynman: No, it’s not a record, not really, it’s working. You have to work on paper and this is the paper. OK? It was nice to see this because that algorithm, even if meant as a joke, never sat right with me. The Feynman of the lectures would not encourage you to believe in magic.