Think Like an Artist, Will Gompertz
Think Like an Artist, Will Gompertz
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Think Like an Artist
and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life

Author: Will Gompertz

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/15/2024


Synopsis

How do artists think? Where does their creativity originate? How can we, too, learn to be more creative? BBC arts editor Will Gompertz seeks answers to these questions in his exuberant, intelligent, witty, and thought-provoking style. Think Like an Artist identifies ten key lessons on creativity from artists that range from Caravaggio to Warhol, Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei, and profiles leading contemporary figures in the arts who are putting these skills to use today.

After getting up close and personal with some of the world's leading creative thinkers, Gompertz has discovered traits that are common to them all. He outlines basic practices and processes that allow your talents to flourish and enable you to embrace your inner Picasso—no matter what you do for a living.

With wisdom, inspiration, and advice from an author named one of the fifty most original thinkers in the world by Creativity magazine, Think Like an Artist is an illuminating view into the habits that make people successful. It's time to get inspired and think like an artist!

About Will Gompertz

As the BBC's Arts Editor, Will Gompertz has interviewed and observed many of the world's leading artists, directors, novelists, musicians, actors, and designers. Creativity magazine in New York ranked him as one of the fifty most original thinkers in the world. He is the author of the internationally bestselling art history book What Are You Looking At?, which has been published in over fifteen languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on December 28, 2015

Think Like an Artist: How to Live a Happier, Smarter, More Creative Life Written by Will Gompertz 3 STARS I thought this was a book on creativity for all kinds of artist but it actually focuses more on a particular artist (paintings, drawing, etc). I loved the quotes from different artists and learning......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on December 06, 2020

For those of us at the intersections of arts, culture, education, technology and innovation this book comes to you as a pal, a friend telling you, yes, it is interdisciplinary, we should not be in closed circles. I like it a lot.......more

Goodreads review by Gabriela on October 04, 2017

Olha, pelo título eu já sabia que ia cair na retórica da autoajuda, não é como se eu tivesse sido enganada. Mas como eu adorei o "Isso é arte?", pensei: vambora. E o livro tem seus méritos. Se eu acho que ~pensar como um artista~ vai ajudar na minha vida cotidiana? Olha bem pra minha cara, veja se e......more

Goodreads review by Megan on October 11, 2017

Really fantastic compendium of anecdotes, insights and reflections on art and how we can learn and bring that creativity forward in our everyday lives.......more

Goodreads review by Raúl on August 22, 2024

Arte mascadito. Repasa la vida de grandes artistas como Caravaggio o Picasso y, como si fueran fábulas, llega a enseñanzas más que útiles aplicables a la vida de cualquiera. Para aprender cultura del arte y a vivir......more