Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

YOUR CREATIVE POWER- How to Use Imagination. By ALEX OSBORN. ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . by Samuel Hopkins Adams Hamilton College graduates have the habit of keeping an attentive eye upon their fellow alumni. Thus, although he graduated eighteen years after me, I knew of Alex Osborn long before he had any inkling of my interest. There was another Alex in that able class of 1909, Alex antler Woollcott, whom I had sponsored into a newspaper job upon his graduation. Only a few years thereafter he was a notable in the newspaper and theatre worlds. About the time of his early success, we met at the...

Alex Osborn wrote the following: "Emotional drive is self-starting and largely automatic, whether based on hunger, fear, love, or ambition. " "For all of us, a good rule is always to encourage ideas--to encourage speaking up as well as thinking up." "Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking. " "If we set aside a defined period for creative thinking we can best lure the muse." "With enough creative effort, each of us could find the ideas that would smooth out...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.