# Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a behind-the-scenes account of how Pixar approaches creativity and problem solving, changing how readers think about creativity beyond art.

## Why people recommend it

- Changes how readers think about creativity (1 comments): "It taught me to not limit my imagination and to think of creativity as a way of approaching problems rather than something limited to art." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746925))
- Frames creativity as problem solving (1 comments): "It taught me to not limit my imagination and to think of creativity as a way of approaching problems rather than something limited to art." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746925))
- Lessons hammered home well (1 comments): "as is hammered so well in Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651670))
- Interesting insights into the book (1 comments): "What I found interesting in the book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453266))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307361187?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780307361189) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull", https://hackerapproved.com/p/creativity-inc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).