Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
strips, because once the computer is involved, “things are on an inevitable path to being finished. Whereas in my sketchbook the possibilities are endless.”
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
One is reminded of Maria Schneider and her composition process. But also there is Pat Metheny and Jacob Collier who uses computer heavily earlier in their process. So it seems really a personal choice, but he's got a point.
If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” —Jessica Hische
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
Make stuff every day. Know you’re going to suck for a while.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
write the story you want to read.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
We’re talking about practice here, not plagiarism—plagiarism is trying to pass someone else’s work off as your own. Copying is about reverse-engineering. It’s like a mechanic taking apart a car to see how it works.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
The manifesto is this: 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 • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
Guess what: None of us do. Ask anybody doing truly creative work, and they’ll tell you the truth: They don’t know where the good stuff comes from. They just show up to do their thing. Every day.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
The writer Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.