I think you will find many examples throughout history of famous historical figures who may not have developed many of the original ideas they are known for but they took those ideas and improved on them or used their charisma and skill to carry them through.
Creo que encontrarán muchos ejemplos a lo largo de la historia de famosas figuras históricas que tal vez no desarrollaron muchas de las ideas originales por las que son conocidos, sino que tomaron esas ideas y las mejoraron o las usaron su carisma y habilidad para llevarlas a cabo.