From the discovery of DNA to classic works of art, dreams have inspired humanity to create some of the most life-changing things. Attached are a few illustrations I created to accompany this article by The Mill Shop. 

Paul McCartney's famous song "Yesterday" was composed entirely within a dream. When the Beatle awoke from his sleep, he found he could instantly play the melody on his piano. The experience confused McCartney so much, he was convinced that he'd unintentionally plagiarised another musician's work. 

The idea for the world's largest search engine "Google", came to its founder Larry Page in a simple dream where he imagined he could download the entire internet onto a computer with a touch of a button. He probably didn't quite envision just how much of it would be cat videos though...