Art and business are often considered as polar opposites yet they share more than earlier understood. While art is often to do with the spiritual and business with the material the two can complement each other. In order to excel at business innovation, organizations need to preempt trends or create the future. Great artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst have all created new trends in their line. Each style of art has in turn inspired business. Matisse for example showed us how existing trends can be reworked using unique techniques. Mondrian on the other hand showed us how to simplify.