15 quotes to help you STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST:
1. Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.
— Jim Jarmusch
— Jim Jarmusch
2. If we’re free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running away from it.
3. Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.
4. The artist is a collector… Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
5. The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can’t refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.
6. Copy your heroes. Examine where you fall short. What’s in there that makes you different? That’s what you should amplify and transform into your own work.
7. Write the kind of story you like best – write the story you want to read. The same principle applies to your life and your career.
8. The computer is really good for editing your ideas, and it’s really good for getting your ideas ready for publishing out into the world, but it’s not really good for generating ideas. There are too many opportunities to hit the delete key.
(Use your hands to create)
(Use your hands to create)
9. It’s the side projects that really take off. By side projects I mean the stuff that you thought was just messing around. Stuff that’s just play. That’s actually the good stuff. That’s when the magic happens.
10. When you get sick of one project, move over to another, and when you’re sick of that one, move back to the project you left. Practice productive procrastination.
11. Don’t worry about unity – what unifies your work is the fact that you made it.
12. If you’re not into the world you live in, you can build your own world around you. Surround yourself with books and objects that you love. Tape things up on the wall. Create your own world.
13. Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.
14. Google everything. I mean everything. Google your dreams, Google your problems. Don’t ask a question before you Google it. You’ll either find the answer or you’ll come up with a better question.
15. You’re ready. Start making stuff.
Thank you for reading. I hope you find it useful.
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