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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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Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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The people who get what they’re after are very often the ones who just stick around long enough.
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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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When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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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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Copying is about reverse-engineering.
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Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean.
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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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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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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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Do good work and share it with people.
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Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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