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81 " Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder. "
― Austin Kleon , Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
82 " Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self. "
83 " 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. The same principle applies to your life and your career: "
84 " Google everything. I mean everything. Google your dreams, Google your problems. Don’t ask a question before you Google it. You’ll either find the answer or you’ll come up with a better question. "
85 " Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by. "
86 " Keep all your passions in your life. "
87 " when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past. "
88 " Pretend to be making something until you actually make something. "
89 " School is one thing. Education is another. The two don’t always overlap. Whether you’re in school or not, it’s always your job to get yourself an education. "
90 " So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work. "
91 " In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out. "
92 " Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas. "
93 " If you’re worried about giving your secrets away, you can share your dots without connecting them. "
94 " Find the most talented person in the room, and if it’s not you, go stand next to him. "
95 " The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff. "
96 " Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple. "
― Austin Kleon , Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
97 " Pretend to be something you’re not until you are—fake it until you’re successful, until everybody sees you the way you want them. "
98 " Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette, anything you want—that just kills creativity. "
99 " It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. "
100 " Distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything. "