pursuing beauty and strength
You want to create beautiful things?
Do not become an artist. That is the easy way out. Work inside the intersections. Beauty intersected with science is just mathematics and beauty intersected with business is just design. Hit two birds with one stone. Pave the way for science and business breakthroughs while also training your artistic muscles.
You want to train your physical muscles?
Do not go to a gym. That is the stupid way out. Go learn a dancing or a fighting skill. Why just lift weights or run on a stupid treadmill? Carry watermelons, help out your local grocery. Even that is smarter.