Harper Perennial Modern Classics Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention, (Paperback)

from StigE

The book is accessible and at times very interesting when delving into the traits and behaviours that make creative people creative. When it looks for the backgrounds and root causes for people's creativity it reaches conclusions too fast and heads for the nearest plausible narrative. When the au...

from AJBraithwaite

An interesting approach to the analysis of creativity: looking at the lives of creative people and identifying similarities (and in some cases, differences) between them. Csikszentmihalyi also comes up with some broad recommendations about how to live a more creative life. These include: be curio...

from jasoncomely

Csikszentmihalyi is known for defining flow but "Creativity" is a much better book. I made several failed attempts to read "Flow" and it was too meandering, philosophical and impractical to stick with it. This book, on the other hand, is more practical and profound. Highly recommended.