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About the Book

An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.

Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you\u2014what feels like a hobby may turn into you life\u2019s work. Forget the old clich\xe9 about writing what you know: Instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch.

And finally, stay Smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in the everyday world so that you have the space to be wild and daring in your imagination and your work.

Source:\xa0https://www.amazon.com/

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About the Author

Austin Kleon is the\xa0New York Times\xa0bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age:\xa0Steal Like An Artist,\xa0Show Your Work!, and\xa0Keep Going. He\u2019s also the author of\xa0Newspaper Blackout, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have been translated into dozens of languages and have sold over a million copies worldwide.\xa0

He\u2019s been featured on NPR\u2019s\xa0Morning Edition, PBS\xa0Newshour, and in\xa0The New York Times\xa0and\xa0The Wall Street Journal.\xa0New York Magazine\xa0called his work \u201cbrilliant,\u201d\xa0The Atlantic\xa0called him \u201cpositively one of the most interesting people on the Internet,\u201d and\xa0The New Yorker\xa0said his poems \u201cresurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead.\u201d\xa0

He speaks for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and\xa0The Economist. In previous lives, he worked as a librarian, a web designer, and an advertising copywriter. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and sons.\xa0

Source:\xa0https://austinkleon.com/about/

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BIG IDEA 1 (5:33) \u2013 Nothing is original

It is a fact that all new things are combinations or revisits of old ideas. And constantly wanting to do something original will stop you from doing anything, because you\u2019ll be paralysed by the idea of needing to make something different, and likely end up doing nothing.\xa0

So stop trying to create from nothing. And a little bit of intentional copying can be good, especially during the learning process. But start thinking about and analysing the thinking behind an idea, not just the final output or a piece of work (which will just be plagiarism).\xa0

Nothing is original. You will undo yourself trying to create something new, which will be unhelpful and stop us from creating anything, never mind anything good.

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BIG IDEA 2 (6:42) \u2013 10 rules to unlock creativity

The book is split into ten sections, or the ten underlying rules that Austin believes are at the heart of creativity and important to bear in mind.

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1. Steal like an artist
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2. Don\u2019t wait until you know who you are to get started
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3. Write the book you want to read
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4. Use your hands
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5. Side projects and hobbies are important
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6. Do good work and share it
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7. Geography is no longer our master
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8. Be nice
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9. Be boring
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10. Creativity is subtraction
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BIG IDEA 3 (8:09) \u2013 Don\u2019t throw any of yourself away

During your life you have likely given a part of you away, to do your job or live the way you do. It might have been stopping a hobby or something you loved doing as a child. You may or may not notice how missing they are from your life until you start doing it again.

It\u2019s important to have hobbies to keep yourself sane. You might find special connections between the hobbies and the work you do. You may start seeing things in a different way, which can even help you do better work.

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