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Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'

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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
Author
Musician
Visual Artist
Writer
Ohio
United States
Every
Innovation
Asked
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Honest
Artist
Steal
Ideas
Stealing

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