Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Unlock your creativity.

An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artistpresents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover theirartistic side and build a more creative life.

Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work ofothers, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interestswherever they take youwhat feels like a hobby may turn into you lifes work.Forget the old clich about writing what you know: Instead, write the book youwant to read, make the movie you want to watch.

And finally, stay Smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in theeveryday world so that you have the space to be wild and daring in yourimagination and your work.

Brilliant and real and true.Rosanne Cash

About the Author

Austin Kleon is theNew York Timesbestsellingauthor of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digitalage:Steal Like An Artist,Show Your Work!,andKeep Going. Hes also the author ofNewspaperBlackout, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with apermanent marker. His books have been translated into dozens of languages andhave sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Austin, Texas, with hiswife and sons.