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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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There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income. I think the same thing is true of idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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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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The people who get what they’re after are very often the ones who just stick around long enough.
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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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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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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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When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.
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Do good work and share it with people.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others.
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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.
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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.
Austin Kleon
You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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