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Martha Graham

Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.

The quintessential Renaissance man, artist Leonardo da Vinci was curious about everything.

Al-Khwarizmi laid the groundwork for the modern world in setting down the rules of algebra

Simone Weil was a perfectionist of ethics, calling on us to attend to others’ suffering.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel wanted all his work to be the best, but it came at a cost.