Giuseppe Castellano talks to award-winning book creators, Erin and Philip Stead, about how illustrators can know if they’re going in the right direction; why artistic (read: human) “mistakes” are important; what cynicism and conformity do to creativity; and more.

Find Phil’s A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic here or at your favorite bookseller. Learn more about Erin at erinstead.com.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Jules Feiffer, Brian Lies, John Burningham, William Steig, Anselm Kiefer, Jon Klassen, Peter Brown, Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola, Domenico Gnoli, Imero Gobbato, M.B. Goffstein, Leo Lionni, Mark Teague, Barbara Cooney

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