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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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Musician
Visual Artist
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Ohio
United States
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Become a documentarian of what you do.
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.
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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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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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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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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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If we're free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running from it.
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Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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Do good work and share it with people.
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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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You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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You can't find your voice if you don't use it.
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Copying is about reverse-engineering.
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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.
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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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