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O. Velcu-LaitinenHow to Develop Your Creative Identity at Workhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8680-7_1

1. Four Types of Creators

Oana Velcu-Laitinen1  
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Helsinki, Finland
 

Our beliefs guide our desires and shape our actions.

—Charles Sanders Peirce, Polymath

Who is a creator ? The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines a creator as

...any person who creates, or gives creative expression to, or re-creates works of art; who considers his/her artistic creations to be an essential part of his/her life; who contributes to the development of art culture; and who asks to be recognised as an artist, whether he/she ...

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