Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A letter to his younger self – and to all those who need to up their own creativity – this book is fun, simple, and makes creativity approachable even for those who don’t think they’re creative.
Quotes:
“Whenever you’re at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, ‘What would make a better story?'” [This one sits hard on my soul…]
“Attention: Do not leave your longings unattended”
“Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.”
“Establishing and keeping a routine can be ever more important than having a lot of time. Inertia is the death of creativity. You have to stay in the groove.”
“If you ask yourself ‘What’s the best thing that happened today?’ it actually forces a certain kind of cheerful retrospection that pulls up from the recent past things to write about that you wouldn’t otherwise think about.” –Nicholson Baker
“Choose what to leave out. The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself…limitations mean freedom.”
Check out Austin Kleon here: http://austinkleon.com/
