Philosophy · Similar reads
Books like Sculpting in Time
The best books like Sculpting in Time are Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, and The Creative Habit. Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky is about cinema, time, art and truth. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
Mason Currey · Biography
Daily Rituals is Mason Currey's compilation of the working habits of 161 writers, artists, composers, philosophers, and scientists — from Beethoven to Darwin, Kafka to Freud, Maya Angelou to W.H.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Creative Habit
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Twyla Tharp · Self-help
The Creative Habit is legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's account of how creativity works in practice — not as inspiration but as habit, discipline, and preparation.
Both dig into creativity.
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- The Act of Creation
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Arthur Koestler · Psychology
The Act of Creation is Arthur Koestler's attempt to build a unified theory of creativity that accounts for humor, scientific discovery, and artistic originality under a single conceptual framework.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Art as Experience
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John Dewey · Philosophy
Art as Experience, published in 1934, is John Dewey's attempt to rescue aesthetics from the museum pedestal and return it to ordinary life.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Letters from a Stoic
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Seneca · Philosophy
Letters from a Stoic collects a selection of 124 letters that Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius in the final years of his life, around 65 AD.
Both dig into time.
Read the summary → - Letters to a Young Poet
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Rainer Maria Rilke · Philosophy
Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of ten letters Rilke wrote between 1903 and 1908 to Franz Xaver Kappus, a young military cadet and aspiring poet who had sent Rilke samples of his verse and asked for criticism.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - On the Shortness of Life
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Seneca · Philosophy
On the Shortness of Life is a moral essay by the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, written around 49 CE and addressed to his father-in-law Paulinus.
Both dig into time.
Read the summary → - The Clock of the Long Now
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Stewart Brand · Philosophy
The Clock of the Long Now is Stewart Brand's case for thinking at a civilizational scale rather than a quarterly one.
Both dig into time.
Read the summary → - The Courage to Create
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Rollo May · Philosophy
The Courage to Create is Rollo May's sustained argument that creativity is not a talent but an act of courage — specifically, the courage to encounter reality directly, to bring something new into the world against the resistance of both the external environment and one's own anxiety.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin · Philosophy
The Creative Act is not a how-to book.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - The Listening Book
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W.A. Mathieu · Philosophy
The Listening Book is W.A.
Both dig into creativity.
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Books like Sculpting in Time: quick answers
What are the best books like Sculpting in Time?
The best books like Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky are Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler, Art as Experience by John Dewey, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Sculpting in Time, such as cinema, time, art and truth.
What should I read after Sculpting in Time?
A natural next read after Sculpting in Time is Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace. Both dig into creativity. Other strong choices are Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler.
What books are similar to Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky?
Sculpting in Time centers on cinema, time, art and truth. Books with a similar feel include Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler, Art as Experience by John Dewey, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
