If you have ever gotten the chance to speak with the artist of celebrity and pop culture, Stephen Holland, you'll quickly learn that his paintings have never come from the perspective of a fan or idol worship. It comes from his passionate fascination with the people who's drive to take their natural gifts to levels never reached before, ends up leaving the world a changed place forever.

One by one Holland has captured the most notable of these iconoclasts. All of them have etched their mark deep into the walls of society. But some, an even rarer few, have moved those walls, and changed the course of history. And even more amazing, these few, most typically have done this with their intellect alone.

The icons of history who have shaken the earth beneath our feet the most, have always been the great thinkers. Open a paper any day of the week, and it's names like Jobs, Zuckerburg and Larry Page who literally change the way we see the world. And more importantly have exponentially expanded the very limits of what we ourselves can imagine.

These are the real superstars.

Danny Stern