"Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World" by Neil Gaiman

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking artwork of Chris Riddell. "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. Drawn from Gaiman’s 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,” a remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression. “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 fost