Think Like an Artist

Author(s): Will Gompertz

Art and Design

Think Like an Artist by BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant ideas? And how do they turn them into something worthwhile? After spending years getting up close and personal with some of the world's greatest creative thinkers, the BBC's Arts Editor Will Gompertz has discovered a handful of traits that are common to them all. Basic practices and processes that allow their talents to flourish, and which we can adopt - no matter what we do - to help us achieve extraordinary things too. It's time to Think Like An Artist and ...Become Seriously Curious (Caravaggio's discovery of optical lenses changed art for ever.) Think Big Picture and Fine Detail (Turner transformed a masterpiece with a tiny dab of red paint.) And realize ...It's Nearly Always Plan B (Mondrian spent years painting trees before becoming a master of abstraction.) 'Will Gompertz is the best teacher you never had' Guardian


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Will Gompertz is the best teacher you never had Guardian The Shock of the New redone a la Bill Bryson ... richly detailed and highly entertaining Daily Telegraph on What Are You Looking At? Hugely accessible ... writes about difficult things without letting on that they are difficult Independent on Sunday on What Are You Looking At?

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 50 most original thinkers in the world.

General Fields

  • : 9780241970805
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.172
  • : July 2015
  • : 176mm X 131mm X 16mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : September 2015
  • : books

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  • : Will Gompertz
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 153.35
  • : 200
  • : VSP