Steal Like An Artist
Steal Like An Artist is manifesto for creativity in the digital age. Coming to bookstores February 28th.
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About the book
“Brilliant and real and true.” —Rosanne Cash
“Filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work.” —Lifehacker.com
“Beautiful.” — Chris Anderson, curator of TED
“Amazing.” —Stephen Elliott
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When I was asked to talk to students at a community college in upstate New York, I sat down and wrote a talk based on a list of 10 things I wished I’d heard when I was starting out:
- Steal like an artist.
- Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.
- Write the book you want to read.
- Use your hands.
- Side projects and hobbies are important.
- The secret: do good work and share it with people.
- Geography is no longer our master.
- Be nice. (The world is a small town.)
- Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
- Creativity is subtraction.
The text and slides from the talk “rocked the creative world” (GalleyCat) and went viral—since it’s been online, the original blog post has reached millions of readers.
I’ve expanded the post into a book-length work stuffed full of brand-new writing and illustrations, published by Workman Publishing in February 2012.
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A book is never finished, only abandoned, so I’ll be posting a lot of my continuing research on my Tumblr.
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Austin Kleon is a writer and artist living in Austin, Texas. He’s the author of Newspaper Blackout.
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Newspaper Blackout is a bestselling book of poetry made by redacting newspaper articles with a permanent marker. Learn more→
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“Austin Kleon is positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet.” —Maria Popova, The Atlantic
I love bringing Steal Like An Artist to live audiences for folks such as SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. I also capture “ideas worth stealing” at live events with my visual note-taking.
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News
Steal Like An Artist Book Trailer
I hate book trailers, so I made a cute dog video disguised as a book trailer instead.
25 Great Quotes That Didn’t Make It Into Steal Like An Artist
I had too many great quotes to include in the book, so here are 25 of the best that got left out…
First look at Steal Like An Artist
Yesterday I finally got my hands on a real live copy of Steal Like An Artist…
Interview with The Cocktail Napkin
30-minute interview I did with Jeremy Fuksa of The Cocktail Napkin. Topics: Newspaper Blackout, Steal Like An Artist, and being an artist online.
STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST TO BE PUBLISHED BY WORKMAN IN MARCH 2012
I am very happy to announce that Workman Publishing will be publishing my new book in March 2012!
Twitter Buzz
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Behind the scenes
Snapshots from the making of the book and beyond.
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