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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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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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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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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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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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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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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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Not everybody will get it. People will misinterpret you and what you do. They might even call you names. So get comfortable with being misunderstood, disparaged, or ignored -- the trick is to be too busy doing your work to care.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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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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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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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.
Austin Kleon
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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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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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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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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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Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.
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