The Art of Ideas Creative Thinking for Work and Life by William Duggan and Am

y Murphy published by Columbia University Press focuses on the importance of developing a great idea for changing the world. And most times, these ideas "arrive" in the mind genially or because people, simply noticed behavior of other people in confrontation with other stressing experience as it happened with the suffragettes in London and later with Tolstoj's way of living. This one was the experience lived by Gandhi.  

Pablo Picasso decided to change in the Cubism his art also thinking that pictures, images at the moment would have given sufficient answer for viewers. It was necessary "the shock of the new" also in art, for trying to bring new life and new attraction and originality to art that differently wouldn't expressed itself well anymore according to his point of view.

Putting together an idea, seeing it clearly, and then projecting something in grade of changing the world as it happened for the arrival of smartphone, or for the pacific movement of Gandhi or for Picasso in art, means also passing through various steps of "understanding". 

Bur which advice for all of us?

Leaving the smartphone alone for some time, socializing, having some dinner with friends, gym, and staying happy. A leader, someone sure of himself/herself won't never permit of putting himself/herself in a position of criticism. Let's stay firm in our ideas and to everyone with a genail idea in his/her mind, good luck! Many more advice for the creative of the now and the future this book is beautiful because richly illustrated, and a great tool for understanding the world and the dynamics necessary for a talent, and for a new idea to become reality, talking its shape thanks to the geniality of a man.

Highrly recommended.

I thank Columbia University Press for the physical copy of this book.

Anna Maria Polidori