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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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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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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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Become a documentarian of what you do.
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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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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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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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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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Inertia is the death of creativity
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You can't find your voice if you don't use it.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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Find the most talented person in the room, and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful. If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
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Enjoy your obscurity while it lasts.
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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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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
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In order to be found, you have to be findable.
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Do good work and share it with people.
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