"Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in art, in music, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man."—John Steinbeck, East of Eden
You and John Steinbeck have come up with a good point.
Posted by: Jeff Richardson | May 12, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Lennon & McCartney, Rodgers & Hammerstein, George & Ira Gershwin
Watson & Crick, Marie & Pierre Curie
Socrates, Plato & Aristotle
Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, Hamilton et al
Lorenz and Zeeman ...Lorenz and Einstein
The Montcalm Brothers
The Wright Brothers
The Marx Brothers
Stieglitz and O'Keefe
Posted by: Tom O'Connor | May 12, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Hey Tom. You forgot Bonnie & Clyde.
Posted by: Ernie | May 12, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Sonny & Cher also
Posted by: Tom O'Connor | May 13, 2008 at 06:44 AM
Ummm. The Nicholas Brothers.
Oh and by the way, along with Crick and Watson, you might want to add Rosalind Franklin, since their entire 1953 publication was based on her data (without citation of course).
Lou Giansante
Posted by: Lou Giansante | May 13, 2008 at 03:37 PM
And let's not forget complexity. As our world gets more complex, it takes more minds to solve complex problems. "We are smarter than me".
Posted by: Gloria Fox | May 15, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Gilbert & Sullivan created a lasting body of work that would have been impossible by either alone; arguably, their solo works are only remembered today because of the genius of what they created together.
Posted by: Charles | June 09, 2008 at 03:35 PM