Steal Like an Artist
10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
by Austin Kleon
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“@nairsameer Have to send you this book Sameer. It’s incredible. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book ?Show Your Work?. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book “Show Your Work”.”
Source →“@nairsameer Have to send you this book Sameer. It’s incredible. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book ?Show Your Work?. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book “Show Your Work”.”
Source →“@nairsameer Have to send you this book Sameer. It’s incredible. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book ?Show Your Work?. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book “Show Your Work”.”
Source →“@nairsameer Have to send you this book Sameer. It’s incredible. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book ?Show Your Work?. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book “Show Your Work”.”
Source →“@nairsameer Have to send you this book Sameer. It’s incredible. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book ?Show Your Work?. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book “Show Your Work”.”
Source →Recommended by 7 notable people, including Derek Sivers and Ali Abdaal
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Graphic Design, Novel Writing, and Creativity.
You don?t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That?s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put re...
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“@nairsameer Have to send you this book Sameer. It’s incredible. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book ?Show Your Work?. | Short, inspiring insights into creativity and the creative life: the day job, the mindset, etc. Also read his other book “Show Your Work”.”
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Consider The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Recommended by 44 sources.
“The War of Art reads like a fiery pamphlet that personifies creative blocks as 'Resistance,' a cunning adversary. The short, declarative pages can jolt a procrastinating artist into action by naming fear and self-sabotage with combat clarity. The useful part is this diagnosis, which makes avoidance feel like a conquerable external foe. But the book rarely moves beyond metaphor: it offers no steps, just inspirational battle cries. If you bristle at a drill-sergeant tone and endless variations on the same idea, the repetition will grate long before the slim volume ends.”
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