I met fiber artist Judith Reilly at a local quilt show this weekend, and was delighted to receive a copy of her Twelve Life Lessons for Creativity.  Judith is a fun and inspiring person, and seeing her list gave me the idea to begin my own collection of quotes and other snippets of inspiration.    For now, I’ll begin with listing a few of my favorite books here . . . but rest assured that I’ve also begun a notebook for specific quotes that I’ll post once they’re worthy of being called a “collection.”

Julia Cameron:

• The Sound of Paper
• The Artist’s Way
• Finding Water

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:  

• Flow

Twyla Tharp:

•  The Creative Habit

Eric Maisel:

• Coaching the Artist Within
• Creativity for Life

Stephen Nachmanovitch:

• Free Play

Shaun McNiff

• Trust the Process

David Bayles & Ted Orland

• ART & Fear

I always watch for Julia Cameron’s latest works but am on the lookout for new books, authors, websites and email lists.  Do you have a favorite creativity book, author, or other source of creative inspiration? Please share!