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‘Make a lot of bad work for as long as possible’: new book brings you top tips from artists

In Lydia Figes’s publication more than 50 successful artists share their wisdom on everything from defining success to dealing with galleries

Gareth Harris
11 November 2025
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Among the dozens of artists the writer Lydia Figes spoke to for her book was Shirin Neshat, who advises: “Go with your guts. Your strength lives within your obsessions, your madness, not with the world outside of you.” Photo: David Regan, courtesy of the artist and Gladstone gallery