Inspiring books

A list of some favorite books about creativity.

last updated: august 15, 2026

I’ll update this page as books occur to me. Browse them here.

• Psychomagic by Alejandro Jodorowsky
• The Job by William S. Burroughs
• Dialogues with Duchamp by Pierre Cabanne
• My Last Sigh by Luis Buñuel
• Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus
• Art Work by Sally Mann
• The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
  
• Matisse on Art
• The Journal of Eugène Delacroix
• Conversations with Cézanne
• Pranks edited by V. Vale
• J.G. Ballard: Quotes by J.G. Ballard
• What Art Does by Brian Eno & Bette A.
• three six five: Prompts, Acts, Divinations by Lucy Ives

John Waters

• Role Models
• Mr Know-It-All
• Shock Value

Werner Herzog

• Conquest of the Useless
• Every Man for Himself and God Against All
• A Guide for the Perplexed
• The Future of Truth

Patti Smith

• Year of the Monkey
• Just Kids
• Bread of Angels

David Lynch

Get the audiobooks!

• Room to Dream
• Catching the Big Fish