How to Be an Artist
by Jerry Saltz
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Art, Writing, and Art.
"Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for the artist or nonartist, for the person who gets plain English, for the person who understands that practical talk can coax out the mystical messages that lie underneath." ?Steve Martin Art has the power to change our lives. For many, becoming an art...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Art, Writing, and Art.
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Bethanne Patrick
“5. HOW TO BE AN ARTIST by Jerry Saltz might be the most important book to read right now if you're a creative of any sort. Saltz, senior art critic at New York magazine and Pulitzer winner in criticism, shows why art truly is 99% perspiration and just 1% inspiration.”
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