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Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Amanda Palmer • 8 highlights
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Art and the artist both suffer most when the artist gets too heavy, too focused on results.
Austin Kleon • Keep Going
"Art happens between you and something—a subject, an idea, a technique—and both you and that something need to be free to move."
— David Bayles & Ted Orland, Art and Fear
An essential guide for artists of all levels on how to live and work as a creative, from a popular artist and TED speaker.
Phil Hansen • Creativity Sucks: And 30 Other Things I've Learned while Living a Weird, Amazing, Crazy, Creative Life
Many artists suffer from a fear that their art isn’t good enough to sell, or that they won’t be able to sell enough of their art to make a living—ever. This fear is the result of a way of thinking about life and about art—a mindset.