4.5
Non-Fiction
A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman.
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”—Neil Gaiman
Drawn from Gaiman’s trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist’s vision—an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.
Art Matters bring 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 famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts • “Making a Chair,” a poem about the joys of creating something, even when 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 inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold.
© 2018 HarperAudio (Audiobook): 9780062906922
Release date
Audiobook: 20 November 2018
4.5
Non-Fiction
A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman.
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”—Neil Gaiman
Drawn from Gaiman’s trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist’s vision—an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.
Art Matters bring 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 famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts • “Making a Chair,” a poem about the joys of creating something, even when 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 inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold.
© 2018 HarperAudio (Audiobook): 9780062906922
Release date
Audiobook: 20 November 2018
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Diwita
1 Feb 2020
Love it!
Niyati
18 Jan 2021
It’s brilliant! 🖤 A quick and amazing read. Beautiful illustrations by Chris Riddell.
Sushma
25 Oct 2021
Absolutely amazing.
Aman
25 Sept 2021
During the Covid times when I started to have a stinging feel, something I had never experienced before - Empathy fatigue and helplessness. LOTR had helped, this book will give you a sense of belonging, if you like me feel cutoff from the world. A world with so much interconnection but increasingly becoming dull and is campaigning against art,literature, music. Then this small book is what will inspire you to imagine-just that
sandeep
27 Sept 2020
Heartwarming and inspiring
Nisha
6 Jul 2020
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E.
11 Nov 2023
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Sachin
10 May 2022
The book is very good and now I am fan of Gaiman’s voice.. wow!!
Tanjima
4 Jan 2022
I am slowly getting back to work after having a baby. This helped me get going.
Shweta
1 Oct 2021
Awesome book it taught us the importance of library and one keep on reading books
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