“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali 1904-1989

This was a quote Kobe Bryant had posted in his Instagram, I wanted to share it with everyone. It must mean something to him. Maybe it drove him to be the best player in the NBA. Well, at least one of the best players of all time and definitely my top 2 favorite players in the Game. Of Course, I’m going to go with Michael Jordan as my first favorite and 2nd favorite Kobe Bryant. Jordan was my first favorite player and the reason why I loved Basketball. As Jordans was getting older, Kobe was coming up and became my favorite player after MJ.

Anyway, this quote has a lot of meanings and different meanings to different people. If you are unaware of Salvador Dali, he was a famous painter and artist in general. He painted this skull made of beautiful women and it is one of my favorite paintings. It makes me open up my mind to think that imagination is everything. Reminds me to think outside the box and to think of life more uniquely. Great Artist and one of my favorites.

Bird Purpose 

When we think of birds, we think of them flying. When we imagine birds, we imagine them flying or at least some point in the imagination where the bird is flying. That said, if the bird has no wings, then it really can’t live for its purpose. What would be the point of a bird, if it can’t fly, right? Well, this may make sense depending on the type of bird I guess, but in general birds fly and that’s how we imagine them. So, what I think this quote is saying is that you need to have ambition to reach your desire. What I think its saying is that if you have brains, but don’t have the drive to reach your destination then it’s pointless.