{"product_id":"9781781577820","title":"How to Be an Artist","description":"Author: Jerry Saltz\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781781577820\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ilex\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I wish I had read these rules forty years ago and carried them around  like a bible. By chance or design I've followed most of them at some  point but it took me a lifetime as an artist to find what worked. They  are the generous, loving, enthusiastic, bullshit-free advice of a master  communicator, just reading them makes me want to charge back into the  studio\"\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGrayson Perry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Being an artist is a lonely pursuit - twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the rest of your life. Most of the time it hurts. This book will help the pain\" \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTracey Emin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz is here to show you how to bring art and creativity into your life, with irreverent, inspiring and priceless pieces of advice on getting on in art.      \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the witty and passionate chief art critic for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e  magazine, Jerry Saltz is often approached by artists, both amateur and  professional, asking him for advice: How do I get started? How do I get  better? Is what I'm doing even art at all? They want to know, in short, \u003ci\u003ehow to be an artist\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, expanding on his viral cover story for \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine - and drawing on his decades of immersion in the art world - Saltz has the answers. \u003ci\u003eHOWTO BE AN ARTIST\u003c\/i\u003e  is an indispensable book of practical inspiration for creative people  of all kinds. Brimming with dozens of brand new rules, prompts,  exercises, and tips designed to break  through creative blocks, ignite motivation, and conquer bad habits, this book is designed to help  artists of all kinds - painters, photographers, writers,  performers - realize their dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes such advice as:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Make art for now, not the future\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- No, you don't need graduate school\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Recognize convention, and resist constraint\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Get lost\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Listen to the wildest voices in your head\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Know what you hate (it's probably you)\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Finish the damn thing!\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- How to recover from critical injuries","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46348774637726,"sku":"ADS-9781781577820","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781781577820.jpg?v=1767011925","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781781577820","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}