Download or read book Temperaments written by Dan Hofstadter and published by Knopf. This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a book that introduces one of The New Yorker's most brilliant new voices, five artists are so vividly and astutely portrayed that the reader comes to know them, know their work, and understand--from the inside out--why and how art is made. Hofstadter captures each artist in the act of being a human being: making choices, contending with failure, accepting limitations. 15 illustrations.