Christoph Niemann

on being a professional, creating armor and babbling

Christoph Niemann (* 1970) is an artist, author and animator. His work appears regularly on the covers of  The New Yorker,  National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine.

There is a Netflix documentary on Christoph Niemann , I listened to it while working on a project, occasionally glancing at the screen.

I took some notes of the things that stood out:

The gateway drug, is not creating art, but experiencing art.

“Inspiration is for amatures, us professionals, just go to work in the morning.” - Chuck Close

Kinda trust crazy moments to happen.

Getting rid of everything not essential…

Create an armor of craft around you

Whenever I’m doing great work, I’m feeling terrible, when I feel good about the work I’m doing, it ends up not being very good.

I have to consistently babble to try to refine the art of speaking.