We look at the artists who inspire other artists. Kurt Andersen and New Yorker writer Hilton Als discuss the work of artists who help other people create. Branford Marsalis, Sharon Olds, Bill T. Jones, and Willie Nelson talk about the people whom they consider their “artist’s artist.”
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