Creative People
by Taylor Cole
1. Karl Lagerfeld
1.1. Collaborative
1.2. Educated
1.3. Risk Taker
2. Heston Blumenthal
2.1. Started cooking at 16
2.1.1. Incorporated Science into cooking
3. Alison Bechdel
3.1. Cartoonist
3.1.1. inventive, known for "fun home"
4. Toni Morrison
4.1. novelist
4.1.1. inventive, feminist
5. John Chowming
5.1. Risk Taker
5.2. Diverse Interests
5.3. Original Thinking
6. Max Fleischer
6.1. Middle class to poor after father losing job became “motivated to succeed”
6.2. Well rounded diverse interests and influences
6.3. Unique content: sophisticated, focused on surrealism, dark humor, adult psychological elements, and sexuality
7. Alice Cooper
7.1. Religious Born Again Christian
7.2. Well rounded diverse interests and influences
7.3. Drug and alcohol Use
8. John Lasseter
8.1. Mother was an Art Teacher.
8.1.1. Worked at Disney during summer Breaks, working on Jungle Cruise ride. Learned Comedy to entertain passangers.
8.1.1.1. Current Home has a big pool with a lazy river than runs through a cave
8.1.1.1.1. Owns over 1000 hawaiian shirts.
9. Louis Pasteur
9.1. Historical reassessment of his notebook revealed that he practiced deception to overcome his rivals
9.1.1. French immunologist Patrice Debré concluded in his book Louis Pasteur (1998) that in spite of his genius, Pasteur was sometimes unfair, combative, arrogant, unattractive in attitude, inflexible and even dogmatic
10. Alice Waters
10.1. sincere passion led to innovative approach to the industry
10.2. philanthropy
10.3. montessori training
10.4. degree in French Cultural Studies
11. Basho Matsuo
11.1. Son of Samurai
11.1.1. Wanted to be a poet
12. David Plouffe
12.1. multi-faceted job
13. Michel Gondry
13.1. embraces collaboration.
14. Jane Espenson
14.1. studied linguistics & computer science
14.2. took initiative to get her name out... as a teenager!
14.3. work has been recognized with awards
14.4. tons of credentials & work experience
15. Future Man
15.1. Experimental
15.2. Innovative and Inventive
15.3. Wealth of musical background
16. Stephin Merritt
16.1. Prolific output
16.2. variety of output venues (e.g. singer songwriter; off broadway; silent film)
16.3. plays on interesting instruments (toy piano, prepared piano)
16.4. collaborates with many other artists
17. Q Brothers
17.1. prolific.
17.2. combined previously uncombined (e.g. shakespeare & hip hop
17.3. collaborative work
18. François Truffaut
18.1. Wanted to read 2 books a week and watch 3 movies a day
18.1.1. Was not religious
18.1.1.1. Spent 2 years escaping the army
19. Lester Bangs
19.1. Radical, critical style
19.2. Wealth of experiences to draw from
19.3. Innovative and Inventive
20. Margaret Keane
20.1. Began drawing at age 10
20.1.1. Big eyes showed the inner person