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  2. Artistic inspiration - Wikipedia

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    Romantic writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Poet), and Percy Bysshe Shelley saw inspiration in terms similar to the Greeks: it was a matter of madness and irrationality. Inspiration came because the poet tuned himself to the (divine or mystical) "winds" and because he was made in such a way as to receive such visions.

  3. Motivation - Wikipedia

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    Many academic definitions of motivation have been proposed but there is little consensus on its precise characterization. [15] This is partly because motivation is a complex phenomenon with many aspects and different definitions often focus on different aspects. [16] Some definitions emphasize internal factors.

  4. Muse (person) - Wikipedia

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    Human muses are woven throughout history. In modern times, specific people are called muses; as a rule, these are close friends and sometimes lovers or spouses, who inspire or affect the works of an artist due to their disposition, charisma, wisdom, sophistication, eroticism, intimate friendship, or other traits.

  5. Content theory - Wikipedia

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    Art for art's sake is an example of intrinsic motivation in the domain of art. Traditionally, researchers thought of motivations to use computer systems to be primarily driven by extrinsic purposes; however, many modern systems have their use driven primarily by intrinsic motivations. [ 37 ]

  6. BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Novels - Wikipedia

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    The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies. News agencies from outside the United Kingdom , like Canadian broadcaster CBC News and Nigerian news website Legit.ng , profiled authors with works included in the list who were nationals of their countries.

  7. Creativity - Wikipedia

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    Motivation stems from two different sources: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is an internal drive within a person to participate or invest as a result of personal interest, desires, hopes, goals, etc. Extrinsic motivation is a drive from outside a person and might take the form of payment, rewards, fame, approval from others, etc.

  8. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    Socialist realism is a subset of realist art which focuses on communist values and realist depiction. [44] It developed in the Soviet Union and was imposed as state policy by Joseph Stalin in 1934, [45] [46] though authors in other socialist countries and members of the communist party in non-socialist countries also partook in the movement

  9. The arts - Wikipedia

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    Conceptual art is art wherein the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. [25] The inception of the term in the 1960s referred to a strict and focused practice of idea-based art that defied traditional visual criteria associated with the visual arts in its presentation as text ...