Shaun Tan

The more I draw and write, the more I realise that accidents are a necessary part of any creative act, much more so than logic or wisdom. Sometimes a mistake is the only way of arriving at an original concept, and the history of successful inventions is full of mishaps, serendipity and unintended results.

Australian Artist

John Vane

The medicines of today are based upon thousands of years of knowledge accumulated from folklore, serendipity and scientific discovery. The new medicines of tomorrow will be based on the discoveries that are being made now, arising from basic research in laboratories around the world.

English Scientist

Rufus Wainwright

Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera!

Canadian Musician

Peter McWilliams

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

American Writer

Twiggy

I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.

English Model

Pete Wentz

I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.

American Musician

Charlton Heston

Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.

American Actor

Julie Bishop

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

Australian Politician

Jeff Bezos

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

American Businessman

Ken Stott

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

Scottish Actor

Use 'serendipity' when good things happen unexpectedly, not for negative surprises.

Positive Outcome

Serendipity involves luck without effort or planning, unlike when you work hard for a result.

No Planning Involved

'Serendipity' often refers to a discovery or encounter that’s both accidental and beneficial.

Unexpected Discovery

 And when I have the question, it is a focus. And all these things that seem to be flotsam and jetsam in life actually go through that question, and what happens is those particular things become relevant. And it seems like it's happening all the time. You think there's a sort of coincidence going on, a serendipity,

Where does creativity...

 shaping your your you're vacuuming up of information and encounters or are you do you sort of let yourself go into the universe and see what serendipity brings you away yeah I make sure I nail down a few things when I get there a few lamp posts along you know sort of hooks along

On the Road With Andrew...

 was purely a matter of being in the right place at the right time with an idea in mind now you do need serendipity from time to time sometimes things just happen like after I composed this image subtly these early morning hikers walked into the scenes and I said thank you

The Surreal World of...

 the better it is at making connections. So maybe the social media of the future will be better. Maybe it'll help us to form healthier, less destructive relationships. Maybe we'll have devices that enable togetherness and serendipity. I really hope so.

Go Ahead, Dream About...

 it's becoming more and more valuable and yet more and more challenging the problem is in a world that's so rapidly changing we no longer even know where to look for the people that are most that matter the most to us what serendipity

Inviting serendipity to...

 almost all the problems of print except for search ability and when you improve search ability you actually take away the one advantage of print which is serendipity serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because

Redefining the...

 So, I think science can be -- serendipity is important. It can be beautiful. It can reveal quite astonishing things. It can also, I think, finally reveal the most profound ideas to us about our place in the universe

Why we need the...

 Companies are the makers of their fortunes, and like all of us, they are utterly exposed to serendipity. That should make them more humble, more vulnerable and more human. At the end of the day, as hyperconnectivity

Tim Leberecht: 3 ways to...

 spoken for Shawn is serendipity right oh she's loving that maybe maybe you'll change your mind you won't take this is what happens our foster dogs don't make it too far into foster care they want in

Greyhound Adoption PIPE...

 that are both compassionate and creative, using and leveraging our irreplaceable brains and hearts. So there you have a blueprint of coexistence for humans and AI. AI is serendipity.