"Ahead of the curve. . . . Ms. Andreasen is lucid in arguing that with creativity--as with most human traits--a strict opposition between nature and nurture is too simplistic. . . . Ms. Andreasen's book describe the first steps in what should be a long and fascinating effort to understand true creative genius."
"I've been a novelist for 37 years and suddenly I understand myself better. Nancy Andreasen's The Creating Brain is a fascinating journey in to the nature and secrets of the creative brain. The sections on Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci are amazing, and the concluding exercises could be life changing."--David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Rose and Creepers
"This is fascinating reading for people who would like to know more about what happens inside their heads." -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi "Washington Post Book World" (02/26/2006)
0;Our leading authority on creativity reveals herself with this splendid book as one of the most valuably creative persons of our time.1;--
Kurt Vonnegut
0;Drawing on her expertise as a scientist, physician, and scholar of literature, Nancy Andreasen gives a clear, readable, synoptic account of current knowledge in human creativity.1;--Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Education and Cognition, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Our leading authority on creativity reveals herself with this splendid book as one of the most valuably creative persons of our time."-- Kurt Vonnegut
"Drawing on her expertise as a scientist, physician, and scholar of literature, Nancy Andreasen gives a clear, readable, synoptic account of current knowledge in human creativity."--Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Education and Cognition, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"An expert analysis of the connections between extraordinary creativity, mental illness, intelligence and the social environment. The complex subject matter is punctuated with intriguing research. . . . Andreasen leaves us with hope that the potential exists to enhance the creative capacity in our children and in ourselves."--Publishers Weekly
"I''ve been a novelist for 37 years and suddenly I understand myself better. Nancy Andreasen''s The Creating Brain is a fascinating journey in to the nature and secrets of the creative brain. The sections on Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci are amazing, and the concluding exercises could be life changing."--David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Rose and Creepers
"This splendid, quick read should be a compulsory assignment for those students of the humanities who think themselves irrevocably bored with biology of any sort, including what they will find to be the fascinating links to the human brain''s most powerful cultural tool, the capacity for extraordinary creativity. . . . I highly recommend it."--Floyd Bloom, professor emeritus of neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute and former editor-in-chief of Science
