Monday, April 4, 2011

Steal Like An Artist

how to steal like an artist and 9 other things nobody told me
credit:  Austin Kleon

Steal like an artist

1. Steal like an artist.

Every artist gets asked the question, “Where do you get your ideas?”
The honest artist answers, “I steal them.”

A friend shared this link to Austin Kleon's website.  This article blew me away!   It's a list of great advice, including #2, Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things, which uses, among other things, Patti Smith's book, Just Kids, to make his point.

There's so much there I will probably be reading and pondering it all week. 

2 comments:

Catherine said...

Cute post, I, too, "steal" or sometimes it is called scraplifting...lol
Hope all is well in your world.
Catherine

mIzZ (hONeY) bEe aka Marlene said...

Hi Marilee...I hope all is well...I tried a few times to email you a reply and for some reason my computer is acting up...I up you receive this message...great post too Have a honey of a day~Marlene