It was three years ago, but the words still resonate and take on a new life each year. In 2016, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York magazine art critic and sometimes SVA Summer Residency faculty member Jerry Saltz shared his hard-earned advice for artists—and creative professionals of all stripes—with a rapt audience at a talk hosted by MFA Fine Arts.

Saltz is taking things one step further in 2020, turning these salient tips and many more—some of which appeared in his viral cover story last year for New York—into a book, titled How To Be An Artist, due out via Penguin's Riverhead Books in March of next year (March 17, to be precise).

Described as "irreverent and inspiring advice for awakening your creative potential," we've been lucky enough to get a sneak peek, courtesy Saltz and his publisher. With the new academic year already well underway, now is as good a time as any to reveal some of Saltz's latest, soon-to-be timeless advice and bon mots.

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