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Alcohol and Art Do Not Fix Creative Sparks Yale Study Finds
A Yale psychologist interviewed twenty top American artists to test the idea that alcohol stimulates creativity. She concludes alcohol is not a stimulus and most painters avoid it when work is heavy. One exception painted well while drunk but later stopped drinking. Several artists remained moderate drinkers, while many had high tolerance to excess.
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Yale
Anne Roe
Quarterly Journal of Studies On
New York
Dr. Roe
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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