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A review by tamutheshamu
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman
5.0
“So be wise. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise and then just behave like they would. Now go, and make interesting mistakes. Make Interesting. Mistakes. Make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for you being here. Make good art.”
- Neil Gaiman, Art Matters
If it wasn't already a well-known fact, Neil Gaiman is my favorite author, and on my quest to read everything that this man has ever published, I came across Art Matters. Gaiman is a fiction writer, but his nonfiction/essays just have a way of speaking to me like a mentor would a student. This collection of short essays is comforting, warm, and everything an artist of any kind needs, especially in times like these.
“It is easy to pretend that nobody can change anything, that society is huge and the individual is less than nothing. But the truth is individuals make the future, and they do it by imagining that things can be different.”
- Neil Gaiman, Art Matters
If it wasn't already a well-known fact, Neil Gaiman is my favorite author, and on my quest to read everything that this man has ever published, I came across Art Matters. Gaiman is a fiction writer, but his nonfiction/essays just have a way of speaking to me like a mentor would a student. This collection of short essays is comforting, warm, and everything an artist of any kind needs, especially in times like these.
“It is easy to pretend that nobody can change anything, that society is huge and the individual is less than nothing. But the truth is individuals make the future, and they do it by imagining that things can be different.”