Art Matters

Art Matters

By Neil Gaiman

Pages

101

Rating

4.29

Year

2018

EssaysArtGraphic NovelsSelf-HelpWritingNonfiction

Description

Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multimedia artist's vision — an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.

Art Matters brings together four of Gaiman's most beloved writings on creativity and artistry:

Credo — his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

Make Good Art — his 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts.

Making a Chair — a poem about the joys of creating something, even when the words won't come.

On Libraries — an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers.

Art Matters is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspire us to make art in the face of adversity and dares us to choose to be bold.

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman.

Endorsements

"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." — Neil Gaiman

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