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保罗·格雷厄姆：我做过的工作·第2则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《我做过的工作》》· What I Worked On · 认知 · 行动 · 领导 · 人性
You wouldn't have a boss, or even need to get research funding. I had always liked looking at paintings. Could I make them? I had no idea. I'd never imagined it was even possible. I knew intellectually that people made art — that it didn't just appear spontaneously — but it was as if the people who made it were a different species. They either lived long ago or were mysterious geniuses doing strange things in profiles in Life magazine. The idea of actually being able to make art, to put that verb before that noun, seemed almost miraculous. That fall I started taking art classes at Harvard. Grad students could take classes in any department, and my advisor, Tom Cheatham, was very easy going. If he even knew about the strange classes I was taking, he never said anything.
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定位：Essay, additional excerpt 2 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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保罗·格雷厄姆在研究生阶段突然想：自己一直喜欢看画，能不能也动手画画？他以前理智上知道艺术是人创作的，但感觉创作者像另一个物种——要么是古人，要么是《生活》杂志里神秘的天才。把“创作”这个动词放在“艺术”前面，几乎像奇迹。那年秋天他开始在哈佛上艺术课，研究生可以跨系选课，导师汤姆·奇瑟姆很随和，即使知道也没说什么。这说明跨出第一步不需要先成为专家，利用现有制度缝隙去尝试，允许自己从零开始。
上下文
格雷厄姆在哈佛读计算机研究生时，对艺术产生兴趣，并利用跨系选课的机会开始学画。
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有没有一件你一直觉得“不是我这种人能做”的事，其实可以先去上一门课试试？
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