The Art of Creative Thinking by Rod Judkins

The Art of Creative Thinking by Rod Judkins

Get ready to get inspired
In short and engaging entries, this deceptively simple volume presents examples of creative thinkers from the worlds of writing, music, architecture, painting, technology, and more, shedding light on their process, and showing how each of us can learn from them to improve our lives and our work.
Subjects range from the grueling practice schedule of the Beatles and the relentless revisions of Tolkien, Sondheim, and Picasso to the surprisingly slapdash creation of The Simpsons. You ll learn about the most successful class in history (in which every student won a Nobel Prize), how frozen peas were invented, why J.K. Rowling likes to write in cafes, and how 95 percent ofApocalypse Nowended up on the cutting-room floor. Takeaways include:
- Doubt everything all the time.
- Plan to have more accidents.
- Be mature enough to be childish.
- Contradict yourself more often.
- Be practically useless.
- If it ain t broke, break it.
- Surprise yourself.
- Look forward to disappointment.
- Be as incompetent as possible.

Rod Judkins is an accomplished lecturer at Central St Martin's, one of the world's pre-eminent art schools whose alumni - ranging from artists like Lucien Freud, and Antony Gormley through to the designers Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen - have helped shape our culture. Judkins has lectured on the subject of creativity at universities and to businesses around the world. He blogs at Psychology Today, and also acts as a consultant to numerous private companies. Trained at The Royal College of Art, he has exhibited at galleries including Tate Britain, The National Portrait Gallery and The Royal Academy.

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ISBN 13	9780399176838
ISBN 10	0399176837
Title	The Art of Creative Thinking
Author	Rod Judkins
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2016-03-15
Number of pages	208
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