from Parthurbook

Unlike Jellyn, I got more from MacLeod's book than from 'Steal Like an Artist'. Just goes to show, each to his own. This small tome - easily read in a couple of hours, shares encourgaing thoughts that are obviously based on personal experience. Good humoured too, with a couple of the cartoons pro...

from figre

Think of this as a daily affirmation - Hugh MacLeod providing quick thoughts and insights to help drive you to be just a little bit more creative (and just a little bit scared about that creativity). Back it up a second: Who is Hugh MacCleod? Well, he is an ad guy who found an interesting niche. ...

from alluvia

Totally invigorating and spot on!!! Loved it, want to hand it around to friends. It's like a hip, funny, zen and ultra-condensed version of Rollo May's "The Courage to Create". With pictures! I especially loved his concept of "sovereignty" over your art / creative pursuit.

from Jellyn

Not a bad little book. I feel like I got more out of Steal Like an Artist, but I did take a page worth of notes, so there's some new things or new ways of phrasing things in here that I thought were noteworthy.

from howifeelaboutbooks

An interesting book about creativity and how to follow its lead. There was some really good advice in this book, but some chapters just seemed like filler. For instance, chapter 8 is called “Keep your day job.” and breaks things you do down into “Sex” and “Cash”. Clearly, doing what you love is “...