but benjamin franklin, like leonardo da vinci and like steve jobs weren't necessarily the, you know, just pure mental processing power. but they had a playful curiosity. and franklin would just travel around. he'd see a whirlwind and have to chase it along and come up with the notion of the gulfstream and northeastern storms. so curiosity, a just absolutely random, absolutely playful and passionate curiosity is something that connects ben franklin, steve jobs, leonardo da vinci. and the cool thing about it is you and i can do that. >> how much does hard work play a role in this? edison famously said genius is 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration. is that true? >> i think you have to work hard, but, you know, as i look at people, it wasn't hard work that got benjamin franklin or steve jobs or leonardo da vinci where he was. it was just sort of a continuous curiosity about nature, a passion, a willingness to observe things. so, yes, i think for some people, over and over again, and that makes you a very deep in one field type of genius. but what i'm talking about is a genius that can cross

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, so many people, in their notebooks and diaries say, "my best friend," or, "my close friend leonardo da vinci." - and this was not a common, i mean, my memory of what i knew about michelangelo, for instance, kind of introvert-- - oh, michelangelo was antisocial, reclusive, didn't get along with leonardo, sort of was disrespectful quite a bit in the public squares when he'd run across leonardo, but leonardo was also a misfit, and this was fine in florence in the 1470s. - well, i wanted to ask you about that, the environment in which he worked and lived, really was a contributor, in some ways, to his success, right? it allowed him to be-- - yeah, you had to be in florence, in the 1470s, with the medici family as great patrons, a lot of tolerance, a lot of diversity, 'cause leonardo gets there as a 12 year old from a village nearby, the village of vinci, of course, and he's gay, left-handed, illegitimate, vegetarian-- - vegetarian, the worst! the worst possible thing! - with all due respect to vegetarians in the audience-- - and onstage. - yeah, and onstage. - it's okay. - although i think he wa

and brings to life leonardo da vinci for us. without further ado, walter isaacson. [applause] >> thank you for -- from the miami book fest. always a great pleasure to be in this city. one reason it is great to be in miami, like so many other cities of this world, failed to be a mix of creative people with tolerance for all sorts of people, that is what made leonardo da vinci so creative. i have written about a lot of smart people, smart people are a dime a dozen. they don't usually amount to much. it takes being innovative and creative. one recipe for that is being able to stand at the intersection of arts and sciences, the humanities and engineering, what i remember watching steve jobs give a presentation that would always end with that street sign of the liberal arts technology and say that is where creativity lies. i thought that is what ben franklin did, even einstein, would play out his violin and play mozart when he had trouble with his equations saying music and art helps connect to the spirit of the cosmos and the harmony of the spheres. the ultimate of that

leonardo da vinci is sort of the ultimate.ebody who wasn't just smart but had a playful curiosity about everything there was to know. just like steve jobs loved design and loved, you know, calligraphy but also loved electronics, i think innovation comes from crossing discipline. >> there is a story that einstein tells that when he would get stuck on physics problem sometimes he would stop and play the violin and come back and people said that you are actually exercising different parts of the brain when you do that and that produces the literal -- >> when he was trying to get general relativity, living in berlin he played mozart on his violin and would say that reconnects me to the harmony of the universe. that ability to feel harmonies of music and nature's laws that is exemplar of what we are talking about. >> is there a difference between the kind of genius that albert einstein has and the inventiveness of ben franklin? a lot of people say i'm never going to be einstein. i wonder what made ben franklin building the bifocals

and that was what made leonardo da vinci so creative. i've written about a lot of smart people, and at a certain point it occurs to me that smart people are a dime a dozen. they don't usually amount to much, right? it takes being innovative, imaginative and creative. and one recipe for that is being able to stand at the intersection of arts and sciences to love both the humanities and engineering. remember watching steve jobs give his product presentation. he would always end with that street sign of the liberal arts meeting technology, and say that's what -- that's where creativity lies. i thought that's what ben franklin did. even v einstein would pull out s violin and play mozart when he was having trouble with his equations, saying that music and art help connect us to the spirit of the cosmos and the harmony of the spheres. but the ultimate of that and the person i decided should be the capstone of a series of books about creativity and how to achieve it is leonardo da vinci. now, leonardo at the great good fortune to be born out of

the new york times, which reveals the mystery via this blurred $450 million on a painting by leonardo da vincia vinci. he is apparently a saudi prince from a remote branch of the royal family. last month it forced the painting to become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. and a race to become the new mascot for the tokyoolympics. competitors have been little down to just three and now they face their toughest test yet, a group of schoolchildren have been asked to pick the winner. and the philippines star includes an artwork that is literally mouthwatering because it is made from a delicious steamed rice cake. the 200 square metre mosaic depicts an older man and his grandson, who are enjoying the pastries. people are enjoying the pastries. people are hoping it will break the world record. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. it has the makings of a moving feature film — but the story of kati and the broken bridge is true. her chinese parents went into hiding to defy the country's one—child policy and give birth to her — their second child. but they were forced to

got to look at where we are in this in alternative asset class i mean you're looking at are a leonardo da vinci painting trade that run one hundred fifty million dollars so i mean we need to put it into the proper historical perspective now stocks are way overvalued so are bonds and so is property so people are looking to get out of the dollar system and i happen to agree you need to diversify but i think you should also get. some precious metals gold and silver which have been currencies for some hours and years i mean dollar is backed by fundamentally not nothing ok let me go back to cambridge carol i mean there's a lot of people are saying that. large investors are getting involved in trysted in bitcoin is that distorting the price because they have the deep pockets that this price level to get into the market is there something behind out there that you know that because i having been in finance i mean this is this is speculation ok i mean that people are not buying on facts or buying on speculation right now go ahead in cambridge. right i think certainly the hedge funds the big whales that

the mystery buyer of a record three hundred and eighty million euro painting of christ by leonardo da vinci has been revealed to christie's auction house had declined to identify the buyer last month but the new york times reports it was purchased by a little known saudi prince the five hundred year old work is now headed to the newly opened museum in abu dhabi. turkish president rich a tired man has begun a two day official visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state in sixty five years the two neighbors have normalized their tense relations in recent years but there are still disagreements over major issues like the island of cyprus control of parts of the agency and the migration crisis. and berlin germany's social democrats are debating whether to open talks on continuing the governing coalition with the chance on the america's conservatives for the next parliamentary term at the s.p.d. party conference chairman martin scholz asked his fellow social democrats to give the green light to preliminary talks initially wound out that often after the party performed badly in september

followed last year's failed coup his supporters say the case is politically motivated use a leonardo da vinci painting of christ that sold for a record three hundred eighty million euros is heading to a museum in the united arab emirates the newly opened louvre says it will be holding the renaissance master's rare work the announcement follows reports the pieces mystery buyer was a little known a saudi prince wildfires in southern california have destroyed hundreds of homes and are forcing thousands of evacuations people have shared a striking pictures of the blazes on social media of this video posted to twitter was caption not your typical morning commute it was filmed there west los angeles and topanga state park it has been shared hundreds of thousands of times a one person commented some of these images coming out of l.a. give actual meaning to the term hell scape l.a. friends please stay safe where the fires have been raging in bel-air home to some of southern california's most famous mansions media mogul rupert murdoch's thirty million dollars property is set to have suffered damage tu

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walter isaacson the former "cnn" chairman will be discussing his new book leonardo da vinci. you have heard of him. >> even though i went to the university of georgia i have heard of him. >> you said it here first. on december 18 for more details please go to the national press club web site. one of the things we try to do here at the national press club 110 year organization which recently elected new president. we want to congratulate the new present at the national press club and all of the other folks who have this great trust in this challenging time for journalism. one of the things we would like to do is stay timely and go with current events. you are former governor of georgia and understanding all states are not the same peer trust me i have dealt with iowans and i'm a native minnesotan. i've learned this over the years but there's an important election going on in wednesday to your to your west nile ben mezrich i'm not going to ask you to handicap the race that is a state official in state government and ran the state in the southeast for two terms, i'm wondering wh

advised to invest in art as the prices are going through the roof these days just last month leonardo da vinci's salvatore monday went for a record breaking four hundred fifty million dollars that's nearly three hundred eighty million euros and the market for contemporary art is also booming cashing in on this is the lead parts auction house in cologne where three works by get the world's most expensive living artist just went under the hammer. and that's why in the us about six thirty two from get out of the status of new finance it's one of the. human merits of tolls. i switched off from. the atmosphere is crackling at this auction of contemporary art better. among the objects going under the hammer are several works by german painter. there's nothing more exciting in the life of an auctioneer than the day of the auction itself it always brings surprises who will bid on what are why will they go . killing n.j. fun zelda nick has been one of the directors of germany's largest auction house since twenty twelve his work begins long before the auction itself it takes months to prepare an auction o

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wall street -- "wall street week", very good notion, my special guest in an environment where leonardo da vinciainting is going for $450 billion. we went to find out what is going on in the art market. i'll see you on sundays for "sunday morning futures" like 10:00 a.m. eastern on the fox news channel. that's it for us. have a great weekend, everybody. i'll see you again next time. >> i'm bob massi. for 35 years, i've been practicing law and living in las vegas, ground zero for the american real-estate crisis. but it wasn't just vegas that was hit hard. lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. now it's a different story. the american dream is back. and nowhere is that more clear than the grand canyon state of arizona. so we headed from the strip to the desert to show you how to explore the new landscape and live the american dream. i'm gonna help real people who are facing some major problems, explain the bold plans that are changing how americans live, and take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe. at the end of the show,

walter isaacson, former editor of time and former cnn german will be discussing his new book leonardo da vinci, have you heard of him? >> even though i went to university of georgia, i have heard him. >> you said it here first. on december 18 for more details please go to the national press club website. one of the things we try to do here at the national press club, 110 organization which recently elected a new president we want to congratulate andrea snyder as well as all of the other folks who are officeholders and have a trust in this challenging time for journalism one of the things we like to do is stay timely and go with current events. you are a former governor of georgia. understanding that all states are not the same. i've had to dealt with iowans as the native minnesota in and i'm on this lots of times over the years. there's an important election going on to one state to your west in alabama. i'm not going ask you to even to get the race but as a state official in state government and iran estate in the southeast for two terms i'm wondering what your thoughts are in terms of how in

walter isaacson, former cnn chairman will be developing his new book leonardo da vinci. have you heard of him. >> yes, i have heard of him. >> even though i went to university of georgia, i've heard of him. >> you said it here first. on december 18, for more details, please go to the national press club website. one of the things we try to do here, they recently elected a new president as well as all of the other folks who are having this great trust in this very challenging time for journalism. one of the things we like to do is stay timely and stay with current events. you are former governor of georgia and understanding all states are not the same, i learned this many times over the years. in alabama, there's a pretty important election but as a state official in state government, i'm wondering what your thoughts are for local and state races when they look at nationalized results. when they go into the national voting is, how much will the attention matter and what could result could mean to the nation. >> that's a great question. probably more than we think. probabl

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a leonardo da vinci or damien hirst is only worth a huge amount of money if they it's been confirmed they made it. most of the things in this exhibition, we do not know who made them. i read you wore your magic robe whenever you went to the museum? there is an internal logic about my own civilisation. i am mischievous about it. i am playing with it. the idea that i have my teddy bear as the god of my civilisation. at first, it was just quite funny. quickly, i realised it had legs. it could run. you chose things you liked? yes. that is not a trivial thing, what you like. people would dismiss it... why i was given the opportunity was because of who i am, i am a professional intuiter. you were alongside experts in the museum. that must be a strange business. here you are, a professional intuiter and asking them to explain objects to you. how did they respond? brilliantly. they are interested in showing their stuff. an opportunity to dig in the nether regions of the collection was lovely for them. you ended up with 170 objects from the museum. there were 30 of your own pieces of art. one

leonardo da vinci's masterpiece was sold last month for a whopping $450 million.new york times" reports the owner is a prince. here's an interesting piece of info. that prince, likely didn't pay any taxes on the purchase. can you imagine what taxes are on $450 million. >> more money i'll see in my life. forget the painting. >> state laws are structured so out of town buyers generally don't get hit with big tax bills. >> okay. >> the painting is headed to a newly opened branch of the louvre in abu dhabi. >> at least it's going to be where others can enjoy it. that is a stunning painting. $450 million. >>> many adults are on facebook. how young is too young for children to log on? a new program targeting kids as young as 6. but that's just me. kids at the bus stop getting on facebook. they're a little young for that. as you are walking outside this morning, the kids at the bus stop, we're looking at pretty cold temperatures. but we stay dry today. it's 4:44. if you want to be ready for winter, stop by manassas this morning. >> chuck bell is outside the vre station i

walter isakson former editor of time and former chairman discussing leonardo da vinci. more details at www.press.org. this is going to be alaskan one of the last legend of the shooter sure to check on the events that you get once again a bit of the national press club, today's meeting of the national press club is adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> watch c-span3 thursday for live coverage of the fcc vote on net neutrality. the vote is to roll back net neutrality rules pastoring the obama administration and is into to reduce regulation of the internet. life thursday at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org or listen to it live with the free c-span radio app. we recently stopped and tallahassee, florida, asking folks what's the most important issue in their state. >> and the most important issue in my state is fun thing. a lot of times we talk about the lack of resources and the lack of quality of education at eight cpus. however it all starts at the source. the board of governors, everything, the amo

. >> reporter: i'm here at christie's in new york, where just last month they sold that leonardo da vinci for a record $450 million. christie's also sells more affordable items, though still pricey, like $10,000 handbags. this month, christie's and sotheby's are both making a big push to get into the holiday gift giving business. the two auction houses are expected to sell more than $150 million worth of gift oriented luxury goods just this month. from watches and wine to handbags and jewelry. many of the sales will be online as the companies expand their digital platforms and become a sort of billionaire's amazon for the holiday season, where the rich can shop in one place for their pricey baubles. >> we're trying to appeal to the broad spectrum of luxury buyers and show them everything at the same time for their convenience. >> r is selling the world's largest indictment, 111 karats. $406 million. and the guys, something more affordable. special edition watches that start at just $4,000. at christie's, it's a bonanza with almost $1 million worth of these bags which are almost impossible

the new york times reveals the mystery buyer who splurged $450 million on a painting by leonardo da vincii prince from a remote branch of the royal family. last month it became the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. the front page of the japan times features the race to become the new mascot for tokyo's upcoming olympics. the competitors have been whittled down from thousands to just three. now they face they're toughest test. a group of school children who've been asked to pick the winner. and the philippine star includes an artwork that's literally mouth—watering, that's because it's made from puto, a delicious steamed rice cake. the 200 square metre mosaic depicts an old man and his grandson enjoying the pastries. people in calasiao are hoping it will break the world record. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. the next story has the makings of a feature film. but it's a true story. her chinese parents to fight the one child policy and gave birth to her, their second child, but they were forced to abandon her and she was eventually adopted by a us couple. h

art as the art market sees prices for artworks going simply through the roof just last month leonardo da vinci's salvatore monday went for a record breaking four hundred and fifty million dollars that's nearly three hundred million euros and the market for contemporary art is also booming cashing in on all of this is the lead auction house in cologne where this very past weekend three works by get hot rishta the world's most expensive living artist just went under the hammer. and that's why in the us with six hundred thirty two front get out of the. human. front ones it's a toss up switched off from when i switched off. the atmosphere is crackling at this auction of contemporary art better auctioneer is among the objects going under the hammer are several works by german painter. there's nothing more exciting in the life of an auctioneer than the day of the auction itself it always brings surprises who will bet on what how why will they go. kilian j fun zelda nick has been one of the directors of germany's largest auction house since twenty twelve his work begins long before the auction itself i

a 500—year—old painting of christ believed to be the work of leonardo da vinci is heading to the mover without specifying whether it had bought the painting at auction. it was purchased by a saudi prince —— louvre abu dhabi. the work was sold for a record $450 million. a former volkswagen executive has been jailed for seven years in the us to his role in the diesel gate commissioned scandal at the german carmaker. oliver schmidt was also fined $400,000 after admitting he helped the firm said clean air laws. —— said. —— evade. the latest on volkswagen is our top story in business in 20 minutes and also, we will discuss the fact it is ten yea rs will discuss the fact it is ten years since the financial crisis and until now there has been no agreement across europe on how to stop it happening again. it could change later today in a meeting in frankfurt, central bank chiefs are set to decide new rules on just how much cash banks have to keep on hand foran much cash banks have to keep on hand for an emergency, what difference will it make? i am joined by a formerfinancial will it make? i a

in best-selling biographer, walter isaacson recounts the life of leonardo da vinci. >> in 1482, theres from florence to milan by the -- family to the duke of milan led by playwright and a poet. and an architect, engineers, and all of things, leonardo goes as a musician. because he does everything. especially because he loves theater piercing is invented musical instruments. including one called -- at a violin, he made in the shape of a horse head and so he brings it to milan as a gift. as part of that cultural delegation. but he wants to stay there. he is a no horizon it is a little tired of being a painter. he is blocked on his last two pages piercing he wrecked the coolest job application that is in history to the duke of milan. and is 11 paragraph long. and the first is about engineering and science.he says that i can make great weapons of war. something he had not really done but sketched out a lot of including the large crossbow. ... [inaudible conversations] >> ready? >> yeah. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. good morning.

mitch kaplan, have you read walter isaacson's leonardo da vinci. >> i haven't read it actually. we have t been selling it by the bushel. i haven't read it, i can't keep it in stock for myself. every time i take it home, we have to bring it back for another customer. as walter does, he struck a chord, what he has done with this book, he is going to open up, it is going to be educational tool for some people he don't know the story of leonardo. >> with a walter walter isaacso, he has a new book coming out, top pick, tbd, and would it sell? >> thatct is beginning happen, yes, that is the case. people come so much to admire him. are very few writers like that. doris kearns goodwin is one. david mccullough, walter isaacson develop ad trust with will putionship they anything he puts out really. >> we checked out the best-seller's list prior to sitting down with you here, we discovered some of the books on they're isaacson's da vinci. grant by ron chernow. chris matthew's book on rfk is a best-seller. what y happened. did you read what happened? >> you're embarrassing me, i did not rea

and the mystery buyer of a record three hundred eighty million euro painting of christ by a leonardo da vinci has been revealed christie's auction house has declined to identify the buyer last month but the new york times reports it was purchased by a little known saudi prince the five hundred year old work is now headed to the newly opened north museum in abu dhabi. raging wildfires in california have prompted authorities to issue a purple alert that's the highest level warning ever issued in the state amid what's being called extremely critical fire weather tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders and nearly two hundred homes and buildings have been destroyed as firefighters struggle to contain the fires that figure is expected to grow. a wind whipped inferno that shows no signs of stopping the ferocious santa ana winds are forecast to hit one hundred thirty kilometers per hour on thursday for their fuel for this fire in ventura county that's already consumed hundreds of homes. greatest threat is and will always continue to be the wind if the wind dies down we'll get a handle