Unlock your creativity. 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 … interests wherever they take you–what feels like a hobby may turn into you life’s work. Forget the old cliché 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.
“Brilliant and real and true.”–Rosanne Cash
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How to Read More by Austin Kleon (author of Steal Like an Artist ):
1) Throw your phone in the ocean
2) Make a budget, buy books you want to read, make a stack of them that you walk past every day (library is great, too, of course)
3) Carry a book with you at all times
4) If you aren’t enjoying a book or learning something from it, stop …
Our journey to awareness starts from our positive thinking and turns into concrete actions, useful in guiding us towards our goals in the game of life and in the realization of that future that makes existence worthwhile.
Inspiring book!
I finally got around to reading this book and enjoyed the wisdom imparted.
“You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.”
“The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like”
“You’re only going to be as good as the people you surround yourself with… If you ever find that you’re the most …
A fun read and encouraging nudge to set your inner artist in motion.
This book inspires me both personally and professionally. The author is witty and sees things in a different perspective that shines a light on working within your strengths and your best ways of be creative and productive. The simple visuals are memorable. I’ve bought extra copies to give to friends. That’s the highest form of praise!
Great ideas and makes you feel good (if you are a struggling artist) that the ideas you borrow are OK.
Some good ideas here!
Fabulous book – true to the art of making art. Learned the work of “original” inspiration and honoring of previous literary and visual masters.
For an artist, this short book tries to explain that all art is copied. We are inspired and relate to some work and use it as the basis for a work of our own. This is true for writers and for composers as well. All the past can influence us. Expect it!
This book inspires me constant
You may think that because you are not an artist, you should not pick up “Steal Like An Artist”. Well, think again. Creating something out of nothing is a version of art, so if you are a homemaker or an entrepreneur you are using your creative vision to create something – a wonderful home for your family, or a great business that serves others and …
Excellent book. Every creative person should own and copy and read it often.
Yes, the author is telling you there is nothing new. So steal ideas from the writers you admire. From Kindle location 182, about authors/artists: “We want you, at first, to steal from us, because you can’t steal. You will take what we give you and you will put it …
A license to steal but not call it that. Art is not own-able. If it is it stymies creation. Free the Artist.