《兰州学刊》1986年第4期发表支冬至、胡绳生的《试论艺术创造思维的自由性》一文,论述了艺术思维和理论思维的区别、目前通行的艺术创造论的根本缺陷和艺术创造思维的自由性。作者认为,理论思维以事实认识为核心,以发现事实真理为目的;艺术思维则以价值认识为为核心,以价值真理为目的。事实认识是价值认识的基础和前提。目前通行的艺术创造论的根本缺陷是:一、忽视甚至抹煞了艺术思维同理论思维的质的区别,没有看到艺术创造是以事实认识为基础以价值认识为核心的一种特殊思维过程;二、认为艺术的创造性思维也纯粹是反映的,而不是在反映的基础上构造的;三、不能科学地认识和 Lanzhou Academic Journal, No.4, 1986 Published a paper entitled “On the Freedom of Artistic Creation Thinking” written by Zhudong Dongzhi and Hu Shengsheng, elaborates on the difference between artistic thinking and theoretical thinking, the fundamental defects of the current art creation theory and artistic creation Freedom of thinking. The author believes that the theoretical thinking is based on the factual knowledge and the purpose of discovering the truth of truth. The artistic thinking is based on the value recognition and the value truth. Factual understanding is the basis and premise of value understanding. The basic defects of the currently prevailing theory of art creation are: First, ignoring and even deny the qualitative difference between artistic thinking and theoretical thinking, and failing to see that the artistic creation is a special thinking process centered on the factual understanding and taking the value recognition as the core; Second, that the creative thinking of art is purely reflected, rather than constructed on the basis of reflection; Third, we can not scientifically understand and