Spark: How Creativity Works - Hardcover

"This is a book about joy, drive and art, work that we're all capable of if we'll only commit."--Seth Godin, author of Linchpin

"Burstein offers enlightening answers from the culture's heavy hitters, as well as the process by which they stoked these embers into a roaring fire, and how you, yes, you, might too."--Vanity Fair

"Through enlightening conversations, these creative individuals demonstrate how they lift raw materials out of familiar contexts and create art that changes how we perceive the world."--Publishers Weekly

"Spark is an encyclopedia of inspiration plucked from today's most revered creators, leaving you not with a one-size-fits-all blueprint to creativity but with a petri dish of eclectic insights for you to distill, cross-pollinate and fertilize into a richer understanding of your own creative life."--Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

"How better to learn about creativity than to talk with some of the world's most creative people."--Detroit Free Press

"Spark is a beautiful book, enjoyable and filled with life...You will find yourself contemplating the origin of the little lights, the sparks, which show themselves only when someone special looks within."--Philadelphia Inquirer

Spark is a beautiful book, enjoyable and filled with life...You will find yourself contemplating the origin of the little lights, the sparks, which show themselves only when someone special looks within. --Philadelphia Inquirer"

This is a book about joy, drive and art, work that we re all capable of if we ll only commit. --Seth Godin, author of Linchpin"

Through enlightening conversations, these creative individuals demonstrate how they lift raw materials out of familiar contexts and create art that changes how we perceive the world. --Publishers Weekly"

Burstein offers enlightening answers from the culture s heavy hitters, as well as the process by which they stoked these embers into a roaring fire, and how you, yes, you, might too. --Vanity Fair"

The creator of Public Radio International's Studio 360 examines the some of the greatest minds who have ever been featured on the show--including novelists Joyce Carol Oates and Isabel Allende; director Ang Lee; and musicians Rosanne Cash, Yo-Yo Ma and Robert Plant--looking at their sources of inspiration and strategies for success. 25,000 first printing.