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title: “Steal to Create”
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date: 28-08-2022
last_modified_at: 2023-12-08 12:09
er artists and steal them. Try them yourself. Find ways people use language and try it yourself.
In stealing you find your own voice.
Austin Kleon has a whole book about this.
Good artists copy, great artists steal — Pablo Pisasso
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