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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.

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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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Visual Artist
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Ohio
United States
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Unless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don't ever use any of those terms in your bio. Ever.
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Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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If you’re worried about giving your secrets away, you can share your dots without connecting them.
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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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We're always being told 'find your voice.' When I was younger, I never really knew what this meant. I used to worry a lot about voice, wondering if I had my own. But now I realize that the only way to find your voice is to use it. It's hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.
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Do good work and share it with people.
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Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.
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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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Become a documentarian of what you do.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others.
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The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they really love.
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