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You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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Ohio
United States
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When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.
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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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In order to be found, you have to be findable.
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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.
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Copying is about reverse-engineering.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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Become a documentarian of what you do.
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Enjoy your obscurity while it lasts.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.
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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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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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Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'
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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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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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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
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