AKAustin Kleon

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Austin Kleon

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01Undated

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.

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02Undated

Comments outnumber ideas.

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03Undated

Relax and breathe. The trouble with imaginative people is that we're good at picturing the worst that could happen to us. Fear is often just the imagination taking a wrong turn. Bad criticism is not the end of the world. As far as I know, no one has ever died from a bad review. Take a deep breath and accept whatever comes.

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04Undated

The best way to vanquish your enemies on the Internet? Ignore them.

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05Undated

Every artist gets asked the question, “Where do you get your ideas?” The honest artist answers, “I steal them.

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06Undated

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.

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07Undated

When you find something you genuinely enjoy, don't let anyone else make you feel bad about it. Don't feel guilty about the pleasure you take in the things you enjoy. Celebrate them.

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08Undated

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.

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