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100 Ideas That Changed Art
100 Ideas That Changed Art

From cave paintings to the internet, or how art and cultural ideology shape one another.

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Maira Kalman on Walking as a Creative Device and the Difference Between Thinking and Feeling
Maira Kalman on Walking as a Creative Device and the Difference Between Thinking and Feeling

“It’s very important not to be bored…for too long. More than a minute.”

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An Anatomy of Inspiration: A 1942 Guide to How Creativity Works
An Anatomy of Inspiration: A 1942 Guide to How Creativity Works

“The true novelist, poet, musician, or artist is really a discoverer.”

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Orson Welles on Work-Life Balance and the Creative Potency of Beginner’s Mind: A Rare 1960 Interview
Orson Welles on Work-Life Balance and the Creative Potency of Beginner’s Mind: A Rare 1960 Interview

“There is a great gift that ignorance has to bring to anything, you know.”

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Why Pink Doesn’t Exist: An Illustrated Stop-Motion Science Explanation in 60 Seconds
Why Pink Doesn’t Exist: An Illustrated Stop-Motion Science Explanation in 60 Seconds

Pretty in minus-green.

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Age of Power and Wonder: Vintage Science Infographics from 1930s Cigarette Cards
Age of Power and Wonder: Vintage Science Infographics from 1930s Cigarette Cards

What metal diver suits have to do with electricity generation and the sound spectrum.

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Susan Sontag on Writing
Susan Sontag on Writing

“There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work.”

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The Art of Scientific Investigation: How Intuition and the Imagination Fuel Scientific Discovery and Creativity
The Art of Scientific Investigation: How Intuition and the Imagination Fuel Scientific Discovery and Creativity

“Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.”

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Free Radicals: How Anarchy and Serendipity Fueled Science, from Newton to Tesla to Steve Jobs
Free Radicals: How Anarchy and Serendipity Fueled Science, from Newton to Tesla to Steve Jobs

How Goethe fueled Tesla, why Newton pricked his own eye, and other lessons in breaking the rules of science.

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How Mankind Conquered the Night and Created the 24-Hour Day
How Mankind Conquered the Night and Created the 24-Hour Day

What the world’s oldest profession has to do with light pollution.

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