title: A Well-Hung Horse: Sired by Knowledge and Imagination.
abstract: For more than a century, historians of science have been spinning a philosophical roulette wheel, pondering which is more important in the creative process: imagination or knowledge. The most original scientists (and artists) in our day discover newness by blending existing knowledge with imaginative thinking.
authors.affiliation: Chair, Lasker Awards Jury. Electronic address: joe.goldstein@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001154:Art / Q000266:history; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000266:history; D003405:Creativity; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D019359:Knowledge; D012586:Science / Q000266:history