Tim Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and podcaster known for his bestselling books and successful investments. Born in 1977, he attended Princeton University and founded BrainQUICKEN, a nutritional supplements company. His 2007 book “The 4-Hour Workweek” became a #1 New York Times bestseller and was translated into over 35 languages. Ferriss has written several…
Tony Gaskins is a motivational speaker, self-help author, and life coach. Born on March 8, 1984, in El Paso, Texas, he was raised in Auburndale, Florida. Gaskins played college football and basketball before becoming a counselor and eventually a full-time author, speaker, and life coach. He is known for his relationship advice for young girls…
Wayne W. Dyer was an American self-help author, philosopher, and motivational speaker. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he spent his childhood in orphanages and foster homes. He earned a doctorate in counseling and became a guidance counselor and professor. His first book, “Your Erroneous Zones,” became a bestseller, launching his career. Dyer wrote over 40 books,…
Tony Robbins is a renowned motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist. Born on February 29, 1960, in North Hollywood, California, he grew up in a chaotic and abusive home. He left home at 17 and worked as a janitor before finding success through his work with motivational speaker Jim Rohn. Robbins has written several best-selling books…
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who is one of the most influential and innovative artists working in multiple mediums such as painting, sculpture, installation, and performance art. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Japan, Kusama began her artistic career in the 1950s after moving to New York City and becoming part of the avant-garde…
William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker from the Romantic Age. Born in London, Blake showed artistic talent at an early age. He is best known for his visionary and mystical writings, which examine themes of spirituality, imagination, and the human condition. Blake’s illuminated books, including now-famous works such as “Songs of…
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter of the New York School. Renowned for his energetic brushwork and vivid formal arrangements, de Kooning’s work included many phases, but his abstract expressionist canvases are perhaps his best-known. He moved towards themes of the human form and the landscape, often merging abstract and figural…
Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) is known for being one of the first abstract artists. He had initially trained in law and economics before turning his hand to art in his thirties while studying in Munich. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism inspired Kandinsky’s work before he formed his own distinctive abstract style, using color…
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist recognized for his vivid use of color, emotive brushwork, and impassioned subject matter. He produced more than 2,000 pieces of art including renowned works such as “The Starry Night” and “Sunflowers,” despite having lived with a mental illness throughout his life. Van Gogh endured a troubled…
Thomas Thompson (1813-1891) was an American artist associated with landscape and genre painting. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but first ran a business career. He later passed through art, studying at the Lowell Institute and with the great painter Alvan Fisher. Simple, rural life scenes became a dominant motif of Thompson’s work — and…
