“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” This quote is popularly attributed to the clearly “great” artist Pablo Picasso, although Picasso’s statement may have been wholly invented by Steve Jobs, who, in that case, stole Picasso’s entire spirit just to market his computers. Either way, it was stolen in the first… Read More »The Most Popular Creativity Lie (The Originality Lie)
In the previous blog, I labelled the Genetics Lie of Creativity the most “important” lie about creativity, putting it at #1. And yet now I am saying there is a more damaging one. Yep! CREATIVITY LIE #2: The Artistry Lie“Creativity is Artistry.” The Genetics Lie is the grandma of all… Read More »The Most Damaging Creativity Lie (The Artistry Lie)
In Part 1 of this post, we looked at the most pervasive and damaging lie about Creativity: CREATIVITY LIE #1: The Genetics Lie Creativity is Inborn. Aka: I’m Just Not That Creative To help refute this common belief that “some people are just born more creative than others,” I cited the famous study by George Land showing the radical… Read More »The Most Important Creativity Lie (The Genetics Lie) Part 2
Introduction CREATIVITY LIE #1: The Genetics Lie Creativity is Inborn. Aka: I’m Just Not That Creative You are not just naturally more or less creative than him, or her, or anyone else. There is little convincing evidence of a creativity gene, or even of a collection of genes that add up to creativity. Many studies have been… Read More »The Most Important Creativity Lie (The Genetics Lie) Part 1