40 inspiring jobs of famous creators

From tiny writing tables to giant painting studios: the only common thing in all these jobs is that they inspired their successful inhabitants to create a great one.

1. Mark Twain, writer and humorist.

2. Georgia O'Keeffe, the artist.

3. EB White, writer.

4. Alexander Calder, sculptor.

5. Roald Dahl, a children's writer.

6. Nikki McClure, illustrator.

7. Martin Amis, novelist.

8. Adrian Tomin, graphic novelist.

9. Virginia Woolf, novelist.

10. Willem de Kooning, artist.

11. Chip Kidd, designer covers for books.

12. Amanda Hesser, culinary columnist.

13. Ray Eames, designer and artist.

14. Joan Miró, the artist.

15. Nigel Lawson, a culinary columnist.

16. Mark Jones, illustrator.

17. Susan Sontag, writer and director.

18. Pablo Picasso, the artist.

19. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, composers and artists.

20. Marc Chagall, an artist.

21. John Updike, writer.

22. Paul Cezanne, the artist.

23. Kolm Toibin, writer.

24. David Hockney, the artist.

25. William Buckley, writer and commentator.

26. Charlotte Bronte, novelist and poetess.

27. Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer.

28. Yoshitomo Nara, the artist.

29. Will Self, writer.

30. Francis Bacon, the artist.

31. Ann Sexton, poetess.

32. Orla Keeley, designer.

33. Jane Austen, writer.

34. Lisa Kongdon, illustrator.

35. Susan Orlin, a journalist.

36. Rudyard Kipling, writer.

37. Jackson Pollock, the artist.

38. Ruth Reichl, culinary columnist.

39. George Bernard Shaw, playwright.

40. Mark Rothko, an artist.