The Creative Act
By Rick Rubin
- Genre
- Art, Culture & Creative Life
- Publisher
- Penguin Press (Penguin Random House)
- Publication year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 9780593652886
The Creative Act: A Way of Being is a nonfiction book by the record producer Rick Rubin, published by Penguin Press in January 2023. Structured as short reflections, it presents Rubin's philosophy of creativity. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and its audiobook was nominated for a 2024...
Rick Rubin has produced records for everyone from the Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash, yet The Creative Act barely mentions any of them. Instead the famed producer offers a philosophy of making: a collection of brief, koan-like chapters on attention, doubt, patience and the discipline of getting out of your own way. Skeptics may find it mystical, but its central conviction - that creativity is a fundamental part of being human, not a gift reserved for professionals - is quietly radical and genuinely useful. intendle recommends it as a bedside companion for anyone who makes things, or wants to. It became a #1 New York Times bestseller and its audiobook earned a Grammy nomination, evidence that its calm, generous wisdom struck a wide nerve. Read a page at random and you will likely find something worth carrying into the studio, the page or the day.