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181 " It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff. "
― Austin Kleon , Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
182 " Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t. "
183 " It helps to live around interesting people, and not necessarily people who do what you do. I feel a little incestuous when I hang out with only writers and artists, so I enjoy the many filmmakers, musicians, and tech geeks who live in Austin. Oh, and food. The food should be good. You have to find a place that feeds you—creatively, socially, spiritually, and literally. "
184 " The art of holding on to money is all about saying no to consumer culture. Saying no to takeout, $4 lattes, and that shiny new computer when the old one still works fine. "
185 " What to copy is a little bit trickier. Don’t just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. "
186 " Söylenmesi gereken her şey zaten söylendi. Fakat kimse dinlemediğine göre tekrar söylenmesi gerek." - Andre Gide "
187 " I love both readings—you have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing. "
188 " work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” —Jessica Hische "
189 " It is in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are. "
190 " Whether I went to school or not, I would always study.” —RZA "
191 " Whenever you’re at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, “What would make a better story? "
192 " chew on one thinker—writer, artist, activist, role model—you really love. Study everything there is to know about that thinker. Then find three people that thinker loved, and find out everything about them. Repeat this as many times as you can. Climb up the tree as far as you can go. Once you build your tree, it’s time to start your own branch. "
193 " You know that phrase, “going through the motions”? That’s what’s so great about creative work: If we just start going through the motions, if we strum a guitar, or shuffle sticky notes around a conference table, or start kneading clay, the motion kickstarts our brain into thinking. "
194 " Write the kind of story you like best—write the story you want to read. "
195 " The art of holding on to money is all about saying no to consumer culture. "
196 " What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.” —William Ralph Inge "
197 " have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing. "
198 " instead of wasting my anger on complaining or lashing out at people, I try to channel it into my writing and my drawing. So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work. "
199 " Have you ever heard of dramaturgy? It’s a fancy term for something William Shakespeare spelled out in his play As You Like It about 400 years ago: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. Another way to say this? Fake it ’til you make it. I love this phrase. There are two ways to read it: 1. 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 to; or 2. Pretend to be making something until you actually make something. "
200 " So go in, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work. "