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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Book by Austin Kleon · 8 quotes · Ifs, Steal Like An Artist, Austin Kleon

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“If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.”

“There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income. I think the same thing is true of idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.”