STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST BOOK SUMMARY.
This book is written by Austin Kleon. This book was suggested by many of mentors and friends so I picked up and read, this book has 10 things nobody told you about being creative.
“Art is theft” — Pablo Picasso.
1.Steal like an artist.
As the title says we need to steal like an artist that means artist know the worth of stealing. Nobody are born talent they are learn by coping from others and become expect in stealing. We need to steal that means taking good thinks from others.
“If you copy from one author it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many it’s research” — Wilson Mizner
2. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.
No one in the world are born with wow factor. They all learn from others and become expect in stealing by adding there own inputs. Do with confidence and bold.
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”
3. Write the book you want to read.
“Don’t write what you know, write what you like”
If you steal (learn) from others don’t do as it is do it what you like. Just take the plot and do what you like.
4. Use your hands
Stay away from the computer until he done most of the thinking for his stripes. — Tom Gauld
Write down your ideas in a paper because if you directly typing in the computer you get few ideas but when you write it down with your hands you will get endless ideas — just try it.
5. Side project and Hobbies are important.
The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life — Jessica Hische
We all once face the situation where someone told you to do one think. Yeah, that right we can do one think at a time with full concentration but for that reason don’t about your other project or hobbies.
Every things has its own worth.
Every body get bored at one point for doing one think at that time you one focus on other thinks.
“Practice productive Procrastination”
Have hobbies or side project, something that gives but doesn’t take.
6. The secret, Do good work and share it with people.
Enjoy the obscurity. At the beginning nobody noticed what your doing there you have 100% freedom. Then once you get notice people start judging you. So show just little bit what you working on and show the completed work to public.
7. Geography is no longer our master.
Create your own work space and time as you like, create a pen world. Break your comfort zone and make yourself uncomfortable. So your brain get active and creative.
8. Be Nice (the world is a small town).
Be nice for no reason, because how you treat others as like they treat you. Always surround yourself with good people.
Find the most talented person in the room and if it’s not you, go stand next to him, hang out with him, try to be helpful. -Harold Ramis.
Don’t try to choose the excellent work, try to do excellent in what you choose. If you get any good comments, file them as a Praise File this will help you motivate yourself when you fell less motivation.
9. Be Boring (it’s the only way to get work done).
It’s an advantage to done work fast and more without any distribution and distractions. So be boring when you are in work.
Try something new when you bored.
10. Creativity is subtraction.
Find out what you love to work and now a day there is tons of information every where choose what to leave out and pick right one and add your own inputs and become a great stealing artist.
“the biggest advantages is human can’t replicate as a original”
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