Austin Kleon, tells us in his book “Steal Like An Artist” 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative” “that nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and re imagine to discover your own path.”

The path seems more clear with sayings like “Write what you like, not what you know”.

Kleon’s approach to explaining what creativity really is has some original thought behind it in spite of his blurring the idea of original thought.

This book is a must read for those trying to find creativity and his latest book, “Keep Going, 10 Ways to Stay Creative In Good Times and Bad”, offers encouragement on just doing the work of creativity.

Quotes

“Don't just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. You don't want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.”

“You have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing.”

“Nobody is born with a style or a voice. “