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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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Ohio
United States
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You can't find your voice if you don't use it.
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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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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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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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Copying is about reverse-engineering.
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Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.
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You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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In order to be found, you have to be findable.
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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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 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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You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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Inertia is the death of creativity
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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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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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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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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.
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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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