They say that talented people need to be helped, and incompetent people will make their way. However, in the history of civilization, many great people have achieved outstanding results by their own efforts, without resorting to outside help. Who were these talented individuals?
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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) went through many difficulties on his way and did not seek fame and recognition. The only thing that interested the famous Italian sculptor and artist was his work. He was driven by the need to create images that opened up in his mind and reflected his nature of understanding life in amazing sculptures and frescoes. Despite the fact that Michelangelo was born into a noble family, his father, being a count, did not engage in any activity, except for the sale of ancestral possessions. Buonarroti's mother died early enough, and the child was left to himself. However, Michelangelo's talent was revealed from a young age. He was engaged in drawing and gained experience in working with painting from the famous artist of the time, Ghirlandaio. The master took Buonarotti to his apprentice free of charge, seeing in him talent and determination. Later Buonarroti entered the school of artistic development under Lorenzo Medici, and sculpture became his life's work. There were ups in Michelangelo's life, but much more downs. However, the great master from the age of 19 created world masterpieces and worked tirelessly until the last moment of his life. Leonardo da Vinci competed with him, he was forced to build his pedestals by the popes, he was admired and intrigued by him. Michelangelo created a fresco of unimaginable beauty in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, he knocked out the statue of David, depicted the struggle of Hercules with the centaurs. His creative arsenal includes many outstanding works that have been admired all over the world for centuries.
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765) created a perfectly equipped laboratory, in which he performed many experiments and made great discoveries in the field of physics, chemistry and astronomy. Lomonosov made a significant contribution to the order of the Russian literary language, expanding its composition into groups and specific genres. According to A. S. Pushkin, it became "the first Russian university", and in the opinion of V. G. Belinsky Lomonosov can be considered the "father of Russian literature." At the same time, the talented scientist was born into a merchant family, but achieved all his achievements and recognition thanks to diligent study, work and perseverance.
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881) independently came to the understanding that it is necessary to engage in creativity and, through literary works, appeal to human consciousness. His mother came from a merchant family, and his father worked as a doctor in a hospital for the poor. Their family lived in the wing of the hospital, and therefore Dostoevsky's first impressions of childhood are associated with poverty and disease, as well as human suffering and death. Fyodor Mikhailovich was educated as a military engineer, but realized that he had no desire to engage in military service. He devoted a lot of time to self-education and came to the conclusion that he wanted to devote his life to solving the human soul and the mystery of the nature of its actions. After graduating from college, Dostoevsky began to describe the fate of ordinary people in his literary works. Fame came to the author with his first novel, Poor People, which was published in 1845. Dostoevsky worked on its creation for a whole year. After this work, he wrote cycles of stories and dozens of novels. The problems raised by the author are relevant and topical for the second century already, and his work is appreciated all over the world.
