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Pioneering Psychologist Jerome Bruner on the 6 Pillars of Creativity and How to Master the Art of “Effective Surprise”
Pioneering Psychologist Jerome Bruner on the 6 Pillars of Creativity and How to Master the Art of “Effective Surprise”

“Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.”

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Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Crucial Difference Between Success and Mastery
Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Crucial Difference Between Success and Mastery

The lost art of learning to stand “where we would rather not and expand in ways we never knew we could.”

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Alice Walker on Creativity
Alice Walker on Creativity

“Creation is really a sustained period of bliss — even though the subject can still be very sad.”

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How Creativity Works: Neil Gaiman on Where Ideas Come From
How Creativity Works: Neil Gaiman on Where Ideas Come From

The power of desperation, deadlines, and daydreaming.

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Leonard Bernstein on the Motive Force of Creativity
Leonard Bernstein on the Motive Force of Creativity

A journey to the heart of “the mindless, useless, glorious pursuit of artistic truth.”

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Dare to Disturb the Universe: Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Censorship, Writing, and the Duty of Children’s Books
Dare to Disturb the Universe: Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Censorship, Writing, and the Duty of Children’s Books

“We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we’ll likely find them, and we may get taken over by them.”

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The Six Motives of Creativity: Mary Gaitskill on Why Writers Write
The Six Motives of Creativity: Mary Gaitskill on Why Writers Write

The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response.

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Beloved Children’s Book Author and Illustrator Leo Lionni on Creativity and the Secret of Great Storytelling
Beloved Children’s Book Author and Illustrator Leo Lionni on Creativity and the Secret of Great Storytelling

“What we create … we fill in with our own thoughts and feelings.”

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William S. Burroughs on Creativity
William S. Burroughs on Creativity

“The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it.”

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2013’s Best Books on Writing and Creativity
2013’s Best Books on Writing and Creativity

Timeless wisdom and practical advice on the pleasures and perils of the written word and the creative life.

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