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Copying is about reverse-engineering.

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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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Musician
Visual Artist
Writer
Ohio
United States
Copying
Engineering
Reverse

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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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Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.
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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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Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom
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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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You can't find your voice if you don't use it.
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Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
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Do good work and share it with people.
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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
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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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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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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.
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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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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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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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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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Don't worry about doing research. Just search.
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