{"product_id":"how-to-be-an-artist-by-jerry-saltz-9781781577820","title":"How to Be an Artist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGrayson Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTracey Emin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the witty and passionate chief art critic for \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\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, \u003cem\u003ehow to be an artist\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, expanding on his viral cover story for \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine - and drawing on his decades of immersion in the art world - Saltz has the answers. \u003cem\u003eHow to Be an Artist\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes such advice as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMake art for now, not the future\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNo, you don't need graduate school\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRecognise convention, and resist constraint\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGet lost\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eListen to the wildest voices in your head\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKnow what you hate (it's probably you)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFinish the damn thing!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow to recover from critical injuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868692828396,"sku":"9781781577820","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8478823482822.jpg?v=1759765686","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/how-to-be-an-artist-by-jerry-saltz-9781781577820","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}