Great art begins with an idea. Sometimes a vague or even bad one. How does that spark of creativity find its way to the canvas, the page, the dinner plate, or the movie screen? How is inspiration refined into the forms that delight or provoke us? We enlisted some of America’s foremost artists to discuss the sometimes messy, frequently maddening, and almost always mysterious process of creating something new.
The hyper-realist painter discusses how he makes a portrait, why he favors neutral expressions, and the many ways his style has changed
The award-winning novelist and short story writer discusses the impact technology has had on his creative process—and shares an early draft of his best-selling novel, The Tortilla Curtain
With DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda II opening in theaters this month, the film's director describes the three-year process of bringing an animated character to life
The 12-time Grammy winner shares pages from the lyric notebook he used to write his new album, So Beautiful or So What
A playwright with a uniquely imaginative visual style and a set designer with a particularly artistic process explain how they collaborated on the play Eurydice
The Academy Award-winning director with a style all his own explains where he drew inspiration to bring the characters from Alice in Wonderland to the big screen
A celebrated auto designer who's re-imagined a variety of classics shares the process by which he and his team of designers are creating a brand new Ford concept car
Long revered for his sculptural style, the Pritzker-winning architect discusses the drafts for an angular new building, the New World Symphony Miami
The graphic designer shares his sketches for the logo of Miami's New World Symphony, and discusses how Gehry's design inspired his work
One of the most creative chefs in the world—and a leader in the progressive molecular gastronomy movement—discusses how he envisioned and then perfected a new dish for his Chicago restaurant
Widely acclaimed as two of the brightest young lights in the fashion industry, the self-taught sisters discuss the creative roots of their fall 2011 collection.
The lyrically inventive, socially conscious artist shares the draft of a track from his new album
A graphic novelist known for his deeply felt depictions of New York Jewish life takes us through the creation of his latest work, The Cardboard Valise
Two principal architects from the ROMA Design Group share the sketches that won them the commission to design the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
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