7 best-selling art books like What They Didn't Teach You in Art School: What you need to know to survive as an artist (What They Didn't Teach You In School Book 3) by Rosalind Davis

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What They Didn't Teach You in Art School: What you need to know to survive as an artist (What They Didn't Teach You In School Book 3)

By: Rosalind Davis

3.62

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

You have the artistic talent, but do you know how to make a success of it? The thing they don't t…

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1. Think Like an Artist: and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life

By: Will Gompertz

3.86

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From international bestselling author Will Gompertz, Think Like an Artist is a guide to increasing … read more

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2. What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

By: Will Gompertz

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, art history with a sense of humorEvery year, millions of… read more

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"It is Duchamp who is to blame for the whole “is it art?"

-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

"Picasso is said to have once mused that it took him four years to learn to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to learn to paint like a child."

-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

"We'll be fine’, Pierre-Auguste Renoir said assertively. ‘We are good artist; we know that. Remember what Baudelaire said before he died: "Nothing can be done except little by little." That is what we…"

-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

"Porque no pienso que la cuestion de fondo resida en juzgar si una obra nueva de arte contemporaneo es buena o mala: el tiempo se encargará de eso. es más importante comrpender de qué modo y por qué e…"

-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

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3. Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist

By: Meg Mateo Ilasco , Lisa Congdon

3.99

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love. In this practical gui… read more

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  • art
  • art design
  • nonfiction

4. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

By: Austin Kleon

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

You don't need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That's the message from Austin Kleon, … read more

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5. The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

By: Stephen King , Peter Straub

4.12

Format: 652 pages,

On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a sile… read more

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6. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert… read more

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7. A Confederacy of Dunces

By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy

3.89

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more

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"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

8. Making It in the Art World: New Approaches to Galleries, Shows, and Raising Money

By: None , None

4.49

Format: 563 pages, Paperback

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9. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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10. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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12. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more

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13. The Glass Hotel

By: Emily St. John Mandel

3.69

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering inters… read more

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"There’s an inherent pleasure in being unseen."

-Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

"It’s possible to both know and not know something."

-Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

"Memories are always bent retrospectively to fit individual narratives"

-Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

"(Idea for a ghost story: a woman gets old and falls out of time and realizes that she’s become invisible.)"

-Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

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14. How to Be an Artist

By: Jerry Saltz

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

"Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for … read more

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"Bad art teaches you as much as good art, maybe more."

-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist

"Surely, your crappy art can fake out twelve stupid people. I've seen it done with one or two."

-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist

"For now, make something, learn something, and move on. Or you’ll be buried waist-deep in the big muddy of perfectionism."

-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist

"But doubt is a sign of faith: it tests and humbles you, allows newness into your life. Best of all, doubt banishes the stifling effect of certainty. Certainty kills curiosity and change."

-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist

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15. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

By: Stephen Fry

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more

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"Green fingers are better than gold."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

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16. What They Didn't Teach You in Art School: What you need to know to survive as an artist (What They Didn't Teach You In School Book 3)

By: Rosalind Davis

3.62

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

You have the artistic talent, but do you know how to make a success of it? The thing they don't t… read more

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11 Best nonfiction books like What They Didn't Teach You in Art School: What you need to know to survive as an artist (What They Didn't Teach You In School Book 3) by Rosalind Davis

Transform Your Habits

Think Like an Artist: and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life

Will Gompertz

3.86

Transform Your Habits

What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

Will Gompertz

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist

Meg Mateo Ilasco , Lisa Congdon

3.99

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Austin Kleon

3.97

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8 best-selling writing books like How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz

Transform Your Habits

Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for

Jeff Goins

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Ted Orland , David Bayles

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic

Lisa Congdon

4.08

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