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What does it mean?
Great and inspiring things are made by individuals who can work freely without constraints.
In plain terms
Freedom allows people to create amazing and inspiring work.
What can you take from it?
Freedom is essential for true creativity and inspiration.

Where it applies

  • creative work
  • leadership
  • education

Putting it to work

  • fostering freedom
  • encouraging innovation
  • supporting artists

Questions to consider

  • What freedom do you need to create?
  • How does constraint affect your work?

Another view

Freedom alone may not guarantee greatness without resources or discipline.

More from Albert Einstein

  1. Truth is what stands the test of experience.

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  2. Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

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  3. Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.

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