Obsession

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> draws his <n>Dove of Peace</n> in his studio, 1950. Photo by <n>Robert Doisneau</n>.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> with a revolver and hat gifted by Gary Cooper, 1958. Photo by <n>André Villers</n>.

<n>Andy Warhol</n>'s 1986 <n>Self-portrait</n>.

Mountaineer <n>Gaston Rébuffat</n> on the summit of <n>Clocheton de Planpraz</n>, France, c. 1960s.

Microsoft co-founder <n>Bill Gates</n> with an <n>Apple Macintosh</n> computer, circa 1983.

Music producer <n>Rick Rubin</n> at his Malibu home, 2017. Photo by <n>Martien Mulder</n> for the <n>Wall Street Journal</n>.

The 'Disney Flywheel,' a 1957 strategy diagram by <n>Walt Disney</n> and <n>Roy O. Disney</n>.

Fashion designer <n>Yves Saint Laurent</n> wearing a <n>Cartier Tank</n> watch. Photo by <n>François-Marie Banier</n>.

<n>Orville Wright</n> and <n>Wilbur Wright</n> in a <n>Wright Model B</n> during their only flight together on May 25, 1910.

Industrial designer <n>Dieter Rams</n> at his desk at <n>Braun</n>.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> in his studio in Mougins, France, 1952. Photo by <n>Robert Doisneau</n>.

A multiple exposure of inventor <n>Nikola Tesla</n>, used as cover art for <n>Jay Electronica</n>'s <n>Exhibit A</n>.

<n>My predicament</n>, a 2019 digital artwork by artist <n>Jie Ma</n>.

<n>James Dean</n>, mechanic <n>Rolf Wütherich</n>, and the <n>Porsche 550 Spyder "Little Bastard"</n>, 1955. Photo by <n>Sanford Roth</n>.

<n>Steve Jobs</n> with the new <n>Macintosh personal computer</n> at an <n>Apple</n> shareholder's meeting, 1984. Photo by <n>Paul Sakuma</n>.

<n>Pablo Picasso</n> photographed by <n>Edward Quinn</n> at his villa La Californie in Cannes, 1956.

<n>Albert Einstein</n> gives a lecture on relativity at <n>Lincoln University</n> in 1946.

<n>Miles Davis</n> in Illinois, 1958. Photo by <n>Dennis Stock</n>.

Photograph by <n>Vsevolod Tarasevich</n> of men playing chess in Moscow, 1950.

A portrait of artist <n>Salvador Dalí</n> in his studio, circa 1955. Photo by <n>Michael Ochs Archives</n>.

Artist <n>Alexander Calder</n> in his Roxbury studio with his <n>Mobiles</n>, 1941. Photo by <n>Herbert Matter</n>.

A signed Polaroid photograph of <n>Steve Jobs</n>, taken circa 1979.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> creates a light drawing in a 1949 photo by <n>Gjon Mili</n> for <n>LIFE Magazine</n>.

A hand-drawn plot map for the film <n>Inception</n>, created by director <n>Christopher Nolan</n>.

<n>Le Taureau</n>, a series of 11 lithographs by <n>Pablo Picasso</n> from 1945-46.

A portrait of <n>Steve Jobs</n> in his Woodside, California home, 1982. Photo by <n>Diana Walker</n>.

Artist <n>Alexander Calder</n> in his <n>Roxbury studio</n> in 1941. Photo by <n>Herbert Matter</n>.

High-wire walker <n>Philippe Petit</n> walks between the <n>World Trade Center</n> towers in New York, 1974.

<n>Nikola Tesla</n> holds a <n>helical receiver coil</n> in his Houston Street laboratory, New York, March 1899.

<n>Pablo Picasso</n> draws <n>Face of Peace</n> in 1950.

Physicist and chemist <n>Marie Curie</n> in her laboratory, c. 1905.

<n>Steve Jobs</n> at the 1990 <n>PC Forum</n> wearing a <n>NeXT</n> logo turtleneck by <n>Paul Rand</n>. Photo by <n>Ann E. Yow</n>.

Inventor <n>Thomas Edison</n> experimenting with micrography in his laboratory, 1893. Photo by <n>W. K. L. Dickson</n>.

<n>Starship SN20</n> stacked on <n>Super Heavy Booster 4</n> at Starbase, Texas, 2021. Photo by <n>SpaceX</n>.