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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
Author
Musician
Visual Artist
Writer
Ohio
United States
Surround
Stuff
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Good

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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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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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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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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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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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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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Enjoy your obscurity while it lasts.
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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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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 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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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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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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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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You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.
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