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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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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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Ohio
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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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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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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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Become a documentarian of what you do.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.
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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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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work.
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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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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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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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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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Copying is about reverse-engineering.
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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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