The creative Process

The creative process. explained in their own words by thirty-eight brilliant men and women including: Albert Einstein * Vincent Van Gogh * Yasue Kuniyoshi * Friedrich Nietzsche * Carl Gustav Jung * Mary Wigman * A.E. Housman * W.B. Yeats * Henry James * Henry Moore * Thomas Wolfe * D.H. Lawrence * and others. What happens in the mind of a writer when he is writing? The painter while he is painting? The composer as he develops a theme? The scientist when he evolves a new hypothesis? Some of the greatest minds in the world explain, in this challenging volume, the combination of factors that unite to produce creative achievements in literature, painting, philosophy, biology, mathematics, and psychiatry. This delightful and provocative symposium which has been edited by a distinguished scholar and critic, is stimulating for all who work in creative fields, or enjoy studying them.