Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

nothing comes from nowhere

The manifesto is this: Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use—do the work you want to see done.

If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”

The manifesto is this: Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use—do the work you want to see done.

You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.

Don’t just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style.

Don’t make excuses for not working—make things with the time, space, and materials you have, right now.

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

“The best way to get approval is to not need it.”