I've been doing research for my upcoming final paper on the relevance of art education in today's society, and I came across this book in my school's library, it's so interesting to read about studies done on artists, why people become artists, what is considered art, what defines an artist, etc...
I really recommend reading this book, i can't stop reading it myself, I am finding so many interesting quotes from this text:
"Just as art is a social-historical construction, so is the artist."
"In terms of personality, they found that the image of the artist is socially withdrawn, introspective, independent, imaginative, unpredictable, and alienated from community expectations is not far off the mark."
"Individuals with deep capacities for feeling or keen sensitivities to the details of experience and the subtleties of interpersonal interactions, enter alternative paths, which are defined as art."
I especially like the last quote :)
