Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, (Hardcover)

from knightlight777

A fascinating book with short profiles of famous authors and artists of their daily habits in setting about their creative ways. Though not a lot of description here it is none the less interesting how these individuals organize and set their routines surrounding their work. Some are very specifi...

from ValerieAndBooks

The back of my copy of this book says "Writers, composers, painters, choreographers, playwrights, poets, philosophers, sculptors, filmmakers and scientists on how they create and (avoid creating) their creations". That pretty much sums up the premise of this book. Author Mason Currey started a bl...

from TJWilson

Read this very quickly. Very interesting material. Good research and equally good presenting of the research. One has a good think about one's own work schedule while reading this, and I think that's why I picked up the book. And probably why most people will pick up the book. We always wonder if...

from jculkin

Each 'portrait' lasts around a page - perfect for toilet or over-breakfast reading. It's heartening to learn that the only thing all these greats have in common is that they were great. How they were great takes no formula: some stick to routine, some don't; some do drugs, some don't; some work a...

from Smiler69

A fun book to dip in and out of, as it is composed of short essays of no more than one or two pages, each focusing on individual artists, mostly from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, though there are also entries from the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Milton and Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. C...