
21 Creative Geniuses Doing What They Love In Life
These artists were all masters of their craft. While their road was never easy, you can see they had a special passion and determination in their element. It’s inspiring to see people do what they seem to have been born to do.
1. Alfred Hitchcock directs the MGM roaring lion

2. Louis Armstrong serenades his wife at the Sphinx

3. Jim Henson and crew working on Sesame Street

4. Hunter S. Thompson escapes to Big Sur, California to write

5. The Monty Python crew partaking in tomfoolery

6. The young Beastie Boys fight for their right to party

7. Pablo Picasso at his home studio

8. Johnny Cash’s famous performance at Folsom Prison

9. Nikola Tesla in his lab

10. Bill Watterson draws Calvin and Hobbes

11. Stanley Kubrick sneaks a photo over Jack Nicholson’s shoulder

12. Salvador Dalí paints an abstract portrait of 25-year-old Raquel Welch

13. Nat King Cole twinkles on the piano

14. Ella Fitzgerald sings for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman [1948]
![Ella Fitzgerald sings for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman [1948]](https://i1.wp.com/www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/03/1533-934x.jpg)
15. Tom Waits goes airborne

16. Tony Hawk at a local skate park in the 1980s

17. A young Bob Dylan jams on a stoop

18. Jimi Hendrix playing with the 101st Airborne while stationed in Kentucky [1962]
![Jimi Hendrix playing with the 101st Airborne while stationed in Kentucky [1962]](https://i2.wp.com/www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/03/2228-934x.jpg)
19. John Lennon leads The Quarry Men . Paul Mccartney watches from the crowd on the day they would meet. [July 6, 1957]
![John Lennon leads <em>The Quarry Men </em>. Paul Mccartney watches from the crowd on the day they would meet. [July 6, 1957]](https://i0.wp.com/www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/03/2325-934x.jpg)
20. U.S. chess prodigy, Bobby Fisher, plays 50 opponents simultaneously at a Hollywood hotel. He won 47, lost 1, and drew 2. [April 12, 1964]
![U.S. chess prodigy, Bobby Fisher, plays 50 opponents simultaneously at a Hollywood hotel. He won 47, lost 1, and drew 2. [April 12, 1964]](https://i2.wp.com/www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/03/2422-934x.jpg)