It's all relative.

I'm a keen follower of the life and work of Albert Einstein. Not to say that I'd be fit to appear on Mastermind answering questions on the topic, but lets just say I appreciate his mindset or at least that which I am able to comprehend.

 An exquisite scientist and theorist, a pacifist, a humanist, with a compelling compassionate and empathetic nature. Einstein is synonymous with the term genius, yet I fail to find a note of pretension or arrogance suggesting he took anything for granted. 

Depending upon readings there are contradictory stories of the young Einstein's beginnings. One being that he struggled with speech difficulties, the other claiming he excelled from his first year in school. Either way, he went on to establish some of our greatest scientific principles, furthermore laying bridges between that which could be proven in front of man's own eyes and that which could be an actuality, but which could not. Why should anything be impossible?

I've had Einstein as a subject in mind for a while now. It's usually just a case of being brave in getting on with these things and seeing how it goes. It's maybe not the most creative of pieces, but the temptation of the subject was how utterly endearing and characterful Einstein's face is. Full of crinkles and creases, experience and wisdom and a touch of eccentricity. It all holds the interest.

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