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Do good work and share it with people.

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Austin Kleon
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 16
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Visual Artist
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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 are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.
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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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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.
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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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It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
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Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.
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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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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others.
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In order to be found, you have to be findable.
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Not everybody will get it. People will misinterpret you and what you do. They might even call you names. So get comfortable with being misunderstood, disparaged, or ignored -- the trick is to be too busy doing your work to care.
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Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
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You're ready. Start making stuff.
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Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.
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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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