Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon - Book Review
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Quite some time ago, I purchased a set of Austin Kleon books as they have been on my reading list for years and never got around to reading them.
I finally got around to reading two of them, Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work a couple of weeks ago while on holiday.
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Steal Like an Artist - Amazon | Wordery | Bookshop
Show Your Work - Amazon | Wordery | Bookshop
Keep Going - Amazon | Wordery | Bookshop
I had heard good things about all of these books by Austin Kleon and they have been recommended to me numerous times.
I started with Austin’s first book Steal Like an Artist and it was a highly enjoyable read.
Steal like an artist by Austin kleon is an inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age steal like an artist presents 10 transformative principles that will help by discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.
Nothing is original so embrace influence school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you what feels like a hobby turn into your life to work.
Forget the odd cliché about writing what you know: Instead, did write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch.
And finally stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in the everyday world so that you have the space to Be Wild and Daring in your imagination and your work.
As Austin explains in the book, "It's one of my theories that when people give you advice they're really just talking to themselves in the past. This book is me talking to a previous version of myself.
These are things I've learnt almost over a decade of trying to figure out how to make art, but a funny thing happened when I started sharing them with others - I realised that they aren't just for artists. It's there for everyone.
These ideas apply to anyone who's trying to inject some creativity into their life and their work (that should describe all of us.) In other words: This book is for you. Whoever you are, whatever you make, let's get started.”
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