Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Author: Visit Amazon's Austin Kleon Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0761169253 | Format: EPUB
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Description
Review
"Brilliant and real and true."
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Rosanne Cash"Austin Kleon is positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet... Kleon makes an articulate and compelling case for combinatorial creativity and the role of remix in the idea economy."
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The Atlantic"Breezy and fun and yes, scary. Scary because it calls your bluff."
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Seth Godin"A quick, easily digestible read that is particularly relevant in today's digital world."-School Library Journal
"Filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work."
-Lifehacker.com
About the Author
Austin Kleon is a writer and artist. He is the author of Steal Like an Artist and the found poetry collection Newspaper Blackout (“brilliant,” New York Magazine), and his work has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour, The Wall Street Journal, and the art website, 20x200.com. He speaks about creativity and being an artist online for organizations such as SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. He lives in Austin and online at austinkleon.com.
- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (February 28, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0761169253
- ISBN-13: 978-0761169253
- Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
If you've been paying attention to certain parts of the Web recently, you may be familiar with a rising chorus of voices talking about creativity as "remixing." The broad thesis is that creativity isn't a mystical flash of insight in the mind of a lone genius, but rather a combinatorial, collaborative process in which artists and designers consciously and gradually combine existing ideas into novel forms. Books like "The Gift", by Lewis Hyde, and video series like "Everything is a Remix", by Kirby Ferguson, champion this burgeoning idea (and are name-checked by Kleon at the end of "Artist"). But if Hyde and Ferguson are the theorists charting the contours of these new ideas, Kleon is the practitioner, the man-of-artistic-action, bringing the means and the message to the people.
"Steal Like An Artist" began as a lecture given by Kleon at Broome Community College that later emerged as a viral blog post. Kleon makes no effort to hide the fact that the blog post forms the skeleton of "Artist". But even if you've memorized the post, Kleon layers enough muscle and flesh on it that you feel like you're encountering his core ideas all over again. The same rush of discovery and energy awaits.
Kleon describes himself as "a writer that draws," and "Artist" is proof of that. He designed the book himself and his voice and style shine through. "Artist" feels unified, innovative, balanced, and, above all, intimate. The book is small, like a big cocktail napkin. It's full of illustrations by Kleon and little flourishes that keep things brisk as you read. The small size makes the book feel approachable, ready to provide a quick inspiration burst if need be. Kleon describes ten basic principles to boost your creativity.
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