The Mind of the Artist: Personality and the Drive to Create

by William Todd Schultz

What is "the artist type"? How is an artist's mind structured? What are the links between creativity and mental health? Are there particular personality traits and psychological experiences that great artists have in common? Are most artists really mad? What defines the artist's personality?

This book answers these questions by way of a deep, multi-angled, psychological analysis of the personality-based roots of creativity and the creative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197611095
• ISBN13: 9780197611098
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"