Professor Csikszentmihalyi explains the creative process, the creative personality, and what it means to work creatively in the first part of his book.
He also brings thirty years of research on the subject of creativity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s groundbreaking book Creativity: Flow And The Psychology of Discovery and Invention is considered an exemplary work in the study of creative expression.Ĭsikszentmihalyi interviewed almost a hundred creative people in every field and synthesized his findings in this book. We all have it, and we all want to relish in it. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages -442) and index. |a New York : |b HarperCollinsPublishers, |c |a Creativity : |b flow and the psychology of discovery and invention / |c Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Most important, he explains why creativity needs to be cultivated and is necessary for the future of our country, if not the world. He discusses such ideas as why creative individuals are often seen as selfish and arrogant, and why the "tortured genius" is largely a myth. Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists, to politicians and business leaders, to poets and artists, as well as his thirty years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous flow theory to explore the creative process.
Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ("The leading researcher into 'flow states.'" - Newsweek) reveals what leads to these moments-be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab-so that this knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. "Although the benefits of this study to scholars are obvious, this thought-provoking mixture of scholarly and colloquial will enlighten inquisitive general readers, too." - Library Journal (starred review) The classic study of the creative process from the bestselling author of Flow.
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