“In university we say we stand on the shoulders of giants. Our contribution is incremental in that we harness all the contributions of those who came before us and our collaborators. So I think creativity is both individual and highly social. And in that sense what I think we have to do is stress both ends of that, and make the case that this is something that binds people together.But I’m fearful because creative people have been forced to be so individuated.“

Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class” and “The Flight of the Creative Class”, speaker, founder of The Creative Class Group, professor and scientist.