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Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.Austin Kleon
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Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use — do the work you want to see done.Austin Kleon
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Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.Austin Kleon
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Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, “Nothing is more important than an unread library.Austin Kleon
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Art that only comes from the head isn't any good.Austin Kleon
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If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.Austin Kleon
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Life is a lonely businessAustin Kleon
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Life is a lonely bussinessAustin Kleon
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Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.Austin Kleon
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My motto for creatAustin Kleon
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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.Austin Kleon
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The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.Austin Kleon
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The great thing about remote or dead masters is that they can't refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.Austin Kleon
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The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best- write the story you want to read.Austin Kleon
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It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.Austin Kleon
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If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original.Austin Kleon
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The best way to vanquish your enemies on the Internet? Ignore them.ÂAustin Kleon
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Every artist gets asked the question, “Where do you get your ideas?” The honest artist answers, “I steal them.Austin Kleon
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Don't just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. You don't want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.Austin Kleon
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Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't come out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.Austin Kleon