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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon
5.0
My favorite quotes:
"See something worth stealing? Put it in the swipe file. Need a little inspiration? Open up the swipe file. Newspaper reporters call this a 'morgue file' - I like that name even better. Your morgue file is where you keep the dead things that you'll later reanimate in your work." (22)
"Don't just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style." (36)
"If you truly love somebody's work, you shouldn't need a response from them. (And if the person you want to write to has been dead for a hundred years, you're really out of luck.) So, I recommend public fan letters." (109)
My morgue file/common place book begins with Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist because his upbeat writing vibe motivated me to follow his recommendations all in itself. His voice is personable and realistic. I'm stealing his swipe file mentality in my own way - hence, stealing the thinking behind the style.
"See something worth stealing? Put it in the swipe file. Need a little inspiration? Open up the swipe file. Newspaper reporters call this a 'morgue file' - I like that name even better. Your morgue file is where you keep the dead things that you'll later reanimate in your work." (22)
"Don't just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style." (36)
"If you truly love somebody's work, you shouldn't need a response from them. (And if the person you want to write to has been dead for a hundred years, you're really out of luck.) So, I recommend public fan letters." (109)
My morgue file/common place book begins with Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist because his upbeat writing vibe motivated me to follow his recommendations all in itself. His voice is personable and realistic. I'm stealing his swipe file mentality in my own way - hence, stealing the thinking behind the style.