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What does T.S. Eliot imply is the hallmark of a good poet?
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According to the author, who can benefit from the ideas in this book?
According to the author, who can benefit from the ideas in this book?
What is the primary advice given regarding where artists get their ideas?
What is the primary advice given regarding where artists get their ideas?
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How does the author view the connection between artists and the ideas they create?
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What does the phrase 'art is theft' suggest about artistic creation?
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What is the book primarily about?
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What is implied by the statement 'first, you figure out what's worth stealing'?
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What does Jay-Z suggest influences who you are?
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What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder according to the content?
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Which phrase summarizes the idea of 'garbage in, garbage out'?
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What is recommended for an effective study method?
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What should you do after building your creative lineage or tree?
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According to Jim Jarmusch, what should you select to 'steal' ideas from?
According to Jim Jarmusch, what should you select to 'steal' ideas from?
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What is emphasized by Marcel Duchamp's belief?
What is emphasized by Marcel Duchamp's belief?
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How can one feel less alone in their creative process?
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What is the purpose of a morgue file according to the content?
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Impostor syndrome is defined as which of the following?
Impostor syndrome is defined as which of the following?
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According to the content, what do creative individuals often claim about their work?
According to the content, what do creative individuals often claim about their work?
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What does the phrase 'fake it 'til you make it' imply in the context of creativity?
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What does the speaker suggest is often the source of creativity?
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What is the effect of impostor syndrome on individuals engaged in creative work?
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How did the two friends from 'Just Kids' learn to be artists?
How did the two friends from 'Just Kids' learn to be artists?
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What is the main recommendation for expressing appreciation towards creative work?
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What is one reason given for why an artist might feel boredom with their work?
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In what way is dramaturgy related to the concept of identity in creativity?
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What is a common misperception about great creative work?
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What should an artist do with messages that are not supportive of their work?
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How can dark days in an artist's life be alleviated, according to the content?
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What does the phrase 'validation is for parking' imply?
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Why is it important for artists to get comfortable with being misunderstood?
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What solution is suggested for resolving feelings of discouragement in creative work?
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What does placing constraints on yourself during creative work lead to?
What does placing constraints on yourself during creative work lead to?
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What was Dr. Seuss's challenge that resulted in the book 'Green Eggs and Ham'?
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According to the content, what is a consequence of having limitless possibilities?
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What does the artist Saul Steinberg mean when he says 'the artist’s struggle against limitations'?
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Which activity is suggested as a way to overcome creative block?
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What role does a good partner play in creativity, according to the content?
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What is emphasized as a critical factor in determining creative success?
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What did Jack White suggest about having too many options?
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What is the primary focus of the 'chain' concept discussed?
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What does a logbook help an individual do over time?
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Why is asking about the best thing that happened during the day significant?
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What does 'marrying well' refer to beyond personal relationships?
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How does the historical definition of a logbook relate to personal tracking?
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What is a potential downside of only asking 'What happened today?'
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What role does consistent practice play in the context of creative pursuits?
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Study Notes
Book Title and Author
- Book title: Steal Like An Artist
- Author: Austin Kleon
- A New York Times bestseller
- Discusses 10 things about being creative
Quotation by Chris Anderson
- "Beautiful" - Chris Anderson, Curator of the TED Conference
Copyright Information
- Copyright © 2012 by Austin Kleon
- Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Austin Kleon
- All rights reserved
- Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
- ISBN: 978-0-7611-6925-3
- Book is published by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
- Cover design by Lidija Tomas
- Cover illustration by Austin Kleon
Book Content - Point 1
- Title: Steal Like An Artist.
- Page: 2
Book Content - Point 2
- Title: Don't Wait Until You Know Who You Are To Get Started.
- Page: 24
Book Content - Point 3
- Title: Write The Book You Want To Read.
- Page: 42
Book Content - Point 4
- Title: Use Your Hands.
- Page: 50
Book Content - Point 5
- Title: Side Projects and Hobbies Are Important.
- Page: 62
Book Content - Point 6
- Title: The Secret: Do Good Work and Share It With People.
- Page: 74
Book Content - Point 7
- Title: Geography Is No Longer Our Master.
- Page: 86
Book Content - Point 8
- Title: Be Nice.
- Page: 98
- (The world is a small town.)
Book Content - Point 9
- Title: Be Boring.
- Page: 116
- (It's the only way to get work done.)
Book Content - Point 10
- Title: Creativity Is Subtraction.
- Page: 134
Quotation by Pablo Picasso
- "Art is theft.” - Pablo Picasso
Quotation by T.S. Eliot
- “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn.” - T.S. Eliot
Book Content - 19-Year-Old Me
- Page: 9
- Advice from an older, wiser, self
Book Content - All Advice is Autobiographical
- Page: 10
- Author's theory about advice
Book Content
- How to look at the world (like an artist.) - Page: 13
- Description of how artists should look at the world, and how to steal creatively..
Quotation by David Bowie
- "The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” -David Bowie
Book Content - Nothing is Original
- Page: 16
- Discussion of creative work building from what came before.
Quotation by William Ralph Inge
- "What is originality? Undetected plagiarism." -William Ralph Inge
Book Content - The Genealogy of Ideas
- Page: 18
- Explanation of how new ideas are built from old ones.
Book Content - Genetics
- Page: 19
- Creative work is like a family tree.
Book Content - Garbage In, Garbage Out
- Page: 22
- Discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with quality influences.
Quotation by Jim Jarmusch
- "Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.” -Jim Jarmusch
Book Content - Climb Your Own Family Tree
- Page: 24
- Method for learning from creative work through lineage.
Book Content - Seeing Yourself as Part of a Creative Lineage
- Page: 26
- Benefits of seeing yourself as part of a creative lineage.
Book Content - School Yourself
- Page: 28
- Importance of education and curiosity.
Book Content
- Always be reading, Go to the library - Page: 29
- Importance of accumulating ideas and resources.
Book Content - Save Your Thefts For Later
- Page: 30
- Importance of gathering and preserving ideas and observations.
Book Content- Go to whatever lengths necessary to make sure you always have paper on you.. - Page: 31
- Importance of physical tools.
Quotation by Mark Twain
- "It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected." -Mark Twain
Book Content - Wait Until You Know Who You Are to Get Started
- Page: 33
- Importance of starting a project instead of worrying about being ready.
Book Content - Make Things, Know Yourself
- Page: 36
- The importance of action and creating, before knowing who you are.
Book Content -The clinical definition is a - Page: 37
- Description of the concept of imposter syndrome
Book Content - Fake It 'Til You Make It
- Page: 38
- Discusses the concept of "Fake It 'Til You Make It"
- All the world's a stage.
Book Content - Start Copying
- Page: 42
- Importance of copying as a learning tool
Book Content - The Human Hand Is Incapable of Making a Perfect Copy
- Page: 43
- Important point about learning by copying rather than trying to be perfect.
Book Content - Learn to write by copying...
- Page: 44
- The process of learning and imitating in creative fields.
Book Content - What to copy
- Page: 45
- How to copy your heroes
Book Content - Imitation is Not Flattery
- Page: 46
- Imitation should be seen as a way to improve your creative work.
Book Content - At Some Point, You’ll Have To Move From Imitating Your Heroes To Emulating Them
- Page: 47
- Importance of emulation rather than simple imitation of creative work
Image - Good Theft Vs. Bad Theft
- Page: 48
- A visual representation of the difference between productive and unproductive theft
Quotation by Kobe Bryant
- "I have stolen all of these moves from all these great players. I just try to do them proud, the guys who came before, because I learned so much from them. It's all in the name of the game. It's a lot bigger than me." -Kobe Bryant
Book Content - Our perceived ideal..
- Page: 50
- Importance of acknowledging mistakes and imperfections.
Book Content - Copy your heroes..
- Page: 50
- How to grow your creative work
Book Content - 3. Write The Book You Want to Read.
- Page: 51
- Write what you want to read.
Book Content - Gather the Branches on Your Tree
- Page: 53
- Create your creative lineage.
Book Content - Write What You Know Like
- Page: 54
- Write what you love as creative work.
Book Content- Ten Year Old Me Saved The Story to the Hard Drive...
- Page: 55
- A brief description of the idea of fan fiction
Book content - My interest in making music...
- Page: 56
- The importance of creating something new
Book Content
- We make art because we like art.. - Page: 56
- Importance of finding inspiration and creating original work.
Book Content - Go make that stuff
- Page: 57
- Focus on creating what you want to see.
Image - Idea Growth
- Page: 58
- A visual representation of ideas, progressing to infinity
Book Content - 4. Use Your Hands
- Page: 59
- Importance of physical creation in art.
Quotation by John Cleese
- "We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.” -John Cleese
Book content - Step Away from the Screen
- Page: 62
- Importance of creating without electronic tools.
Book Content - Just watch someone at their computer..
- Page: 63
- Importance of physical action for creativity.
Book Content
- Art That Only comes from the head isn't any good. - Page: 64
- Importance of physical creation for creativity.
Quotation by Edward Tufte
- “I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world ...plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.” -Edward Tufte
Book content - When I was in creative writing..
- Page: 66
- Value of using physical media in creative work, and in education
Book Content - Digital vs. Analog (My Office)
- Page: 68
- Importance of balancing digital and analog creation
Book Content- Try It
- Page: 69
- How to set up a balance between digital and analog work.
Book Content - Stand Up While You're Working
- Page: 70
- Importance of physicality and movement in art process.
Book Content - 5. Side Projects and Hobbies Are Important..
- Page: 71
- Importance of side projects and hobbies
Quotation by Jessica Hische
- “The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” -Jessica Hische
Book Content - Practice Productive Procrastination.
- Page: 74
- The value of side projects for creative work growth.
Book Content - Take Time to Be Bored
- Page: 76
- The benefits of boredom for creativity
Book Content - Don't Throw Any of Yourself Away
- Page: 77
- Importance of following different passions.
Book Content - Don't Worry About Unity
- Page: 79
- The value of individual parts of creative work over a singular, unified goal.
Book Content- Tomlinson Suggests that if you love different things..
- Page: 80
- The importance of multiple passions
Book Content - It's so important to have a hobby..
- Page: 81
- The value of having a hobby and letting it feed into your work
Book Content - In the Beginning, Obscurity is Good
- Page: 86
- Accepting that a lack of immediate popularity is part of the creative process.
Book Content - Soon After..
- Page: 87
- Importance of not expecting immediate validation
Book Content
- The Not-So-Secret Formula - : 88
- Doing good work and sharing with people.
Image - The Life of A Project
- Page: 92
- A representation of a creative project's life cycle, from new idea to completion.
Image - Share Your Dots
- Page: 93
- Visualization that encourages creative idea-sharing.
Book Content - Learn to Code
- Page: 94
- Importance of figuring out how to create digital products to expand your audience.
Book Content - Build Your Own World.
- Page: 98
- Building your creative environment doesn't always need a large shift in geography.
Book Content - You Don't Have to Live
- Page: 99
- Importance of connecting with people and communities that support your work.
Book Content - Enjoy Captivity
- Page: 100
- Importance of solitude for creativity
Book Content - Leave Home.
- Page: 102
- Importance of leaving your everyday surroundings for creative inspiration
Book Content - 8. Be Nice
- Page: 107
- Importance of treating others well
Book Content
- Make Friends, Ignore Enemies - Page: 109
- Emphasizes the importance of building positive relationships while ignoring negativity.
Book Content - Stand Next To the Talent
- Page: 111
- Importance of seeking out and learning from others.
Book Content
- You Will Need • - Page: 112
- Requirements for creative productivity
Book Content- "Quit Picking Fights and Go Make Something" - Page: 114
- Importance of focusing on creative work.
Book Content - Write Fan Letters
- Page: 117
- Importance of writing to your creative heroes
Book Content
- Validation is for Parking - Page: 120
- The importance of not being concerned with popularity and approval, instead of focusing on your work.
Book Content - Keep a Praise File
- Page: 122
- Value of maintaining a record of positive feedback.
Book Content
- Write Fan Letters - Page: 117
- The value of praising your heroes
Book Content
- Be Boring(It's the only way to get work done) - Page: 126
- Importance of regular routines for creative work
Book Content - Take Care of Yourself
- Page: 128
- The importance of taking care of physical and mental needs
Book Content- Stay Out of Debt
- Page: 130
- Importance of personal financial management
Book Content
- Keep Your Day Job - Page: 132
- The value of a routine and structure
Book Content - Keep a Logbook
- Page: 138
- Value of keeping records of daily creative work and life.
Book Content - Get Yourself a Calendar
- Page:136
- Value of daily routines and planning for creativity and consistency
Book Content - Creativity is Subtraction
- Page: 144
- The importance of limiting artistic expressions.
Book Content - A Day Job Puts You in the Path of Other Human Beings
- Page:133
- Learning and stealing ideas from other people who have experience.
Book Content
- Choose What to Leave Out - Page: 146
- Important reminder to control the scope of your creative expression
Book Content
- Deleted Scenes - Page: 157
- Short, creative and visual idea notes that the author considered including in the book.
Book Content - Thank You
- Page: 159
- The author's gratitude to individuals who have supported the book
Book Content - Recommended Reading
- Page: 160
- A list of other books the author recommends.
Book Content - YMMV
- Page: 155
- Reminder of individuality and unique perspectives.
Book Content
- Some Advice Can Be a Vice - Page: 156
- Importance of taking what works and leaving the rest.
Book Content - Doodles
- Page: 161
- Visual representations of ideas and thoughts.
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Explore the insights and ideas presented in the work of T.S. Eliot, focusing on what constitutes a good poet and the nature of artistic creation. This quiz delves into concepts like artistic lineage, the notion of 'art is theft', and the perspectives of influential figures such as Jay-Z and Marcel Duchamp. Test your understanding of these critical ideas in the realm of creativity and artistry.
