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In order to be found, you have to be findable.
Austin Kleon
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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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Do good work and share it with people.
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Copying is about reverse-engineering.
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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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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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Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.
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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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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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The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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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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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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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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When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.
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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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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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Inertia is the death of creativity
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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