“Jobs was, as many have observed, an artist”
Relative to Gates, yes. But not really. Wozniak was an artist, of a sort. Jobs was more the visonary/seer/guru.
Why is it that people need to bolster great businessmen, especially, by comparing them to other fields? Why isn’t it enough that Jobs was one of the world’s best CEOs since the ‘70s, instead of an artist?
I don’t know why but considered himself an artist, and many (including this morning’s editorial in the WSJ) did as well. I can’t find his quote but it was something along the lines that I’m a half artist, half businessman. He was an industrial designer, OK? Are such animals artists? I dunno. One renowned designer of signs, placards, posters, wine labels, book covers, and menus, among other practical things, protested against being called an artist, saying he was an illustrator.