Diving into the working ways of some of the world's greatest artists.
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Time Stamps:
3:49 - Benjamin Franklin: The two questions and the "air bath."
6:05 - Scott F. Fitzgerald: Work like a lion
9:04 - Paul Erdos: Drugs and stimulants
12:20 - William Gass: Work angry
14:07 - Anne Rice: Flexibility, ease, and uninterrupted time
16:42 - David Lynch: Find a thinking place
17:40 - Umberto Eco: Thinking in the cracks
19:05 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Is it sustainable?
20:50 - Twyla Tharp: Building a bridge
22:20 - Graham Greece: Burn your youth, sustain as you age
23:50 - Marcel Proust and Philip Roth: Go monk mode
26:25 - Carl Jung: Make it boring
28:15 - Thomas Mann: Setting Boundaries
30:05 - Gustav Mahler, Twyla Tharp: Preparing to be creative
32:47 - Nicholson Baker, Thomas Wolfe, Fredreich Schiller, Woody Allen - Get creative, find your way
37:20 - Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Do the unpleasant first
40:25 - Bernard Malamud: The only thing that matters
42:03 - Anthony Trollope - Advice on starting a craft
44:52 - Gustave Flaubert: the ups and downs of the creative process
46:38 - Ernest Hemingway: Keep some juice in the tank
47:30 - James Boswell: The morning reminder
49:55 - Gertrude Stein, Martin Amis, Joyce Carol Oates - Genius in endurance in disguise
52:22 - Ideas on making time, finding effortless work, and inspiration
54:20 - Karl Marx: The right regrets
56:00 - William James: The Solomon Paradox
58:26 - Rene Descartes - Don't compromise your working way
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Daily Greatness: Short Stories and Essays on the Act of Becoming
Chasing Greatness 2nd Edition - Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence
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