1. The Art Spirit by Robert Henri

2. Trust the Process by Shaun Mcniff

3. Sean Scully: Resistance and Persistance : Selected Writings by Florence Ingleby

4. Letters on Cézanne by Rainer Maria Rilke

5. The Writings of Robert Motherwell by Robert Motherwell

6. No More SecondhandArt by Peter London

7. Fearless Creating: A Step-by-Step Guide To Starting and Completing Your Work of Art by Eric Maisel

8. Art & Fear by David Bayles , Ted Orland

9. Hawthorne on Painting by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne

9b. On painting and Drawing by W. M. Hunt

10. The Blank Canvas by Anna Held Audette

11. The Creative Way to Paint by David Friend

12. Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of an Artist by Emily Carr

12b. The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 by Paul Klee

12c. Paul Klee on Modern Art by Paul Klee

12d. Journal of Eugene Delacroix by Delacroix

12e. Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky

12f. Matisse on Art by Jack Flam

12g. To Myself: Notes on Life, Art and Artists by Odilon Redon

12h. Rodin on Art and Artists by Auguste Rodin

12i. Picasso On Art by Dore Ashton

12j. Diary of an Artist by Raphael Soyer

12k. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent Van Gogh

12l. Cezanne by Himself by Richard Kendall

12m. Conversations with Cezanne by Michael Doran

12n. The Extreme Middle by Jack Tworkov


On Creativity in General

13. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

14. The Creative Process: Reflections on the Invention in the Arts and Sciences by Brewster Ghiselin

15. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp

16. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

17. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

18. Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

19. by Julia Cameron
The Artist's Way The Vein of Gold
Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art
Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance

a The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori

b. One Continuous Mistake by Gail Sher

19c. Fire in the Crucible by John Briggs


Other Art Books

20. ArtSpeak : A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, 1945 to the Present by Robert Atkins

21. ArtSpoke: A Guide to Modern Ideas, 1848-1944 by Robert Atkins

22. This is Modern Art by Matthew Collings

23. My Love Affair with Modern Art by Katharine Kuh

24. Reported Sightings: Art Chronicles, 1957-1987 by John Ashberry

24b. Guston in Time: Remembering Philip Guston by Ross Feld

24c. Night Studio by Musa Mayer (Philip Guston’s daughter)

24d. Ruskin on painting by Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.

24e. A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord

24f. How Painting Holds me on the Earth by Leigh Hyams

24g. Art and Soul:Notes on Creating by Audrey Flack

24h. Utopia Parkway: Life and Work of Joseph Cornell by Deborah Solomon

24i. Duchamp: A Biography by Calvin Tomkins

24j. Steve Aimone:
Live & Learn: Expressive Drawing: A Practical Guide to Freeing the Artist Within
Design!: A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists & Craftspeople

24k. Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting by Siri Hustvedt

24l. Art Heals by Shaun McNiff

24m. Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry by Jacques Maritain


Art Critics

25. About Modern Art by David Sylvester
26. Interviews with American Artists by David Sylvester

27. Modern Artists on Art by Robert L. Herbert

28. Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists by Robert Hughes
29. The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes

30. Art and Culture: Critical Essays by Clement Greenberg

31. The End of Art by Donald Kuspit
31b. After the End of Art by Arthur C. Danto

32. Theories of Modern Art A Source Book by Artists and Critics by Herschel B. Chipp

33. by John Berger
a. Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series
b. About Looking
c. Selected Essays

Other Non-Art Books

34. by Parker Palmer:
a. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
b. A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life
c. The Courage to Teach


35.. Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung

35. Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change by John Briggs