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How to Be an Artist

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How to be an artist? A sublime question with many answers. Jerry Saltz attempts to address this large query. If you don't know Jerry Saltz, he is senior art critic at New York Magazine and has won tons of awards for his writing. He made his bones, though, being the art critic for the venerable Village Voice in NYC. With great insight and detail, and with more than a few exercises, this manual will be the perfect guide to help you realize your artistic dreams.

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"Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for the artist or non-artist, 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 artist is a lifelong dream. But how to make it happen? In How to Be an Artist, Jerry Saltz, one of the art world’s m...