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"Groundbreaking!...A must-read for anyone who believes that creativity is synonymous with `thinking outside the box'..." -- Bert Root-Bernstein, PhD, MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University; Author of Sparks of Genius and other creativity titles
"...well-written, to the point, interesting, and practical." -- Mark Runco, PhD, editor of Creativity Research Journal
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In this exciting new contribution to the psychology of creativity, psychologist, artist, and writer Dr. Patricia D. Stokes explores and dissects the constrained pathways of famous creators such as Monet, Picasso, Stravinsky, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Coco Chanel.
"Groundbreaking!...A must-read for anyone who believes that creativity is synonymous with `thinking outside the box'..." -- Bert Root-Bernstein, PhD, MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University; Author of Sparks of Genius and other creativity titles
"...well-written, to the point, interesting, and practical." -- Mark Runco, PhD, editor of Creativity Research Journal
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In this exciting new contribution to the psychology of creativity, psychologist, artist, and writer Dr. Patricia D. Stokes explores and dissects the constrained pathways of famous creators such as Monet, Picasso, Stravinsky, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Coco Chanel.
Written for psychologists who study creativity and problem quisition and expertise, development and education, this book is also of practical use to researchers and clinicians, the success of whose designs—experimental and clinical—depends on the creative choice of constraints.
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Creativity happens when someone does something new that is also useful or generative or influential (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996; Simonton, 1999). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rosser Reeves, Leo Burnett, Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Expressionists, Cape Cod, Shirley Polykoff, Henri Matisse, Les Noces, Mark Rothko, Annie Dillard, Claude Monet, Ellsworth Kelly, Flesh Wound, Madame Matisse, Miss Clairol, Old Paint, Phase One, Phase Three, Phase Two, Raise Your Arm, Sonia Rykiel, Wonder Bread New!
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Creativity happens when someone does something new that is also useful or generative or influential (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996; Simonton, 1999). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rosser Reeves, Leo Burnett, Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Expressionists, Cape Cod, Shirley Polykoff, Henri Matisse, Les Noces, Mark Rothko, Annie Dillard, Claude Monet, Ellsworth Kelly, Flesh Wound, Madame Matisse, Miss Clairol, Old Paint, Phase One, Phase Three, Phase Two, Raise Your Arm, Sonia Rykiel, Wonder Bread New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Henri Matisse: A Retrospective by John Elderfield on page 125, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mark Rothko (Museum of Modern Art) by Peter Howard Selz on page 42, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Water Lilies by Claude Monet on page 35, and page 36
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino on page 20, and Back Matter
- Mark Rothko by Jeffrey Weiss in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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