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November 12th 2007
by Princeton University Press
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Paperback, 256 pages
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0691133808
(isbn13: 9780691133805)
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When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrat
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Read in April, 2009
Using mainly artists, Galenson patiently documents evidence for his theory of two distinctive personality types among creative personality types.
One of the more intriguing theories on creativity I've encountered. If the hypothesis hold, and I think it might, it could have very exciting implications to our fundamental thinking on the creative process.
One of the more intriguing theories on creativity I've encountered. If the hypothesis hold, and I think it might, it could have very exciting implications to our fundamental thinking on the creative process.
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Read in May, 2009
a fascinating book. because i'm a geek, i really loved the methods section, but i'm probably alone in this.
i heard galenson on npr back in october and was immediately interested in reading this and only now got around to doing so.
it's a dense read, and in proving his point he spends a lot of time hashing through the evidence.
although not intended to make me feel better about my own intellectual pursuits, it does. if you're work is not immediately heralded f...more
i heard galenson on npr back in october and was immediately interested in reading this and only now got around to doing so.
it's a dense read, and in proving his point he spends a lot of time hashing through the evidence.
although not intended to make me feel better about my own intellectual pursuits, it does. if you're work is not immediately heralded f...more
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Read in January, 2009
for what i hoped to get out of this book, i think it was an excellent read. the premise of two different types of creative personalities is introduced right up front and repeatedly substantiated throughout. at times the discourse seems a little overly scholarly, but many of the examples bring wonderful anecdotal evidence to the theory.
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