&gt; if you are original and independent thinker<p>You equate art with originality, but Knuth do not, and most arts except &quot;Contemporary Art&quot; did not either. Just turn your eyes to Quattrocento or Chinese landscapes: these artists are not trying to invent something or be original. Listen to Bach: where is the inventions? It is just a natural flow of notes in a structuring harmonic frame. I do not imagine Bach thinking &quot;Let&#x27;s do something unheard&quot; when writing his partitions.