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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Curiosity was the common thread Walter Isaacson spun through remarks in Sarasota this week as he kicked off the Ringling College Library Association's Town Hall 2013 lecture series. Page 78 three men, he is well-qualified to make comparisons. Isaacson said he "first met [Jobs] in 1984" when Isaacson was working at Time magazine and was one of the few people at that time using a computer. Jobs arrived to demonstrate a new product, the "Mac," and the two were introduced, forming a connection that spanned three decades. Isaacson identified that trait as one shared by Steve Jobs, Alfred Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. It was the spark that led all three men to world-changing discoveries — men, in the words of Jobs, who took "what came before them in the flow of history" and added Isaacson described Jobs as having a "passion a new benefit for the future. for perfection" combined with a desire to Isaacson's remarks were made in front of an form an "intersection of art and technology." attentive audience filling the Van Wezel Per- He recognized the "beauty of simplicity" and forming Arts Hall in Sarasota on the morning wanted Apple products to be visually beautiof Jan. 15. Having written biographies of all ful as well as easy to use. The campus of Ringling College of Art and Design is in north Sarasota. Photo courtesy ringling.edu