“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” ~ Albert Einstein
Creative people in history need to have the right workspace to work their magic. Their workspaces also reveal a lot about themselves and how they work. Here are 45 of some of the greatest creative minds in history and their workspaces:
1. Albert Einstein — Physicist/Philosopher of Science
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2. Ray Bradbury — Writer
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3. Bob Dylan — Musician
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4. Nikola Tesla — Inventor
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5. John Lennon and Yoko Ono — Musicians
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6. Roald Dahl — Writer
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7. Tim Burton — Director/Filmmaker
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8. Jenny Saville — Painter
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9. Karl Lagerfeld — Fashion Designer/Artist
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10. Mark Rothko — Painter
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11. Martin Luther King Jr. — Pastor/Activist/Humanitarian
12. E.B. White — Writer
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13. Roy Lichtenstein — Artist
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14. Willem de Kooning — Artist
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15. Tegan and Sara — Musicians
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16. Martha Stewart — Entrepreneur/Writer/Television Personality
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17. Mark Zuckerberg — Entrepreneur
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18. Dick Clark — Television personality/Producer/Radio Personality
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19. Neil Gaiman — Writer
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20. Jon Stewart — Comedian/Television Personality
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21. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Painter
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22. John Singer Sargent — Painter
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23. Georgia O’Keeffe — Painter
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24. Bruce Springsteen — Musician
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25. Jack White — Musician
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26. Leo Tolstoy — Writer
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27. Mark Twain — Writer
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28. Nigella Lawson — Food writer
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29. Susan Sontag — Writer/Filmmaker
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30. Edvard Munch — Painter
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31. Claude Monet — Painter
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32. John Updike — Writer
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33. Salvador Dalí — Painter
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34. Paul Cézanne — Painter
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35. Jackson Pollock — Painter
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36. Conan O’Brien — Comedian/Television Personality
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37. David Hockney — Artist
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38. Woody Allen — Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Comedian
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39. Steve Jobs — Entrepreneur
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40. Hunter S. Thompson — Writer
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41. Jean-Michel Basquiat — Painter
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42. Pablo Picasso — Artist
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43. Tina Fey — Comedian/Actress/Writer
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44. Stephen Hawking — Physicist/Cosmologist/Author
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45. George Bernard Shaw — Playwright
