The Artist's Life
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- November 2025
- November 2025
- ISBN:
- 9781009626026
- 9781009625999
- 9781009626033
- Dimensions:
- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.441kg, 198 Pages
- Dimensions:
- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.297kg, 198 Pages
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Book description
This book delves into the lives, growth, and inner workings of creative artists, sharing stories about the lives of those who have built their career in the arts. Drawing from interviews with more than 60 expert artists from varied domains - including Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize winners - these detailed, intimate, and surprising anecdotes shed light on creativity from both personal and professional perspectives. Chapters focus on the influences of family and school on creativity, through early discoveries and passions that led to growth and development. In their own words, interviewees describe the joys of 'making it' in the creative world alongside the realities of the business, from finances to relationships and possible legacies. Taking a narrative approach that reveals the hidden truths about being a creative artist, this book offers a unique window on creativity for researchers and artists alike.
Reviews
‘This book is a real gem! It was so much fun getting lost in reading about the rich and complicated lives of extraordinary artists. I feel transformed and uplifted just by this reading this work.'
Scott Barry Kaufman - author of Transcend and Rise Above
‘This brilliant book provides new and surprising insights into the creative processes of creators and performers in the arts and letters. It will be of interest not only to people in the arts and letters, but to creators and audiences in any field of endeavor. If you ever wanted to understand what sets creators and performers apart and how they think and feel – what makes them who they are – this book is the place you will find out!'
Robert J. Sternberg - Professor of Psychology, Cornell University, and Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Heidelberg
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