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Austin Kleon

출생: June 16, 1983 – Circleville, Ohio, United States

Austin Kleon is an American writer and artist known for practical, accessible books on creativity, productivity, and life in the digital age. He wrote Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going; his work has reached a global audience, with bestselling titles translated into more than 30 languages.

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Austin Kleon was born in Circleville, Ohio, on June 16, 1983, and studied Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University, where his academic focus combined literature, writing, and art. That combination foreshadowed the identity he later made central to his public work: a writer who draws. Before becoming known as an author, he moved through several adjacent careers, including work as a librarian, a web designer, and an advertising copywriter. Those jobs were not detours so much as preparation. At the library he taught computer use; on his own he learned HTML and CSS; in web and copy work he refined a compact, visual, highly legible way of communicating. ((https://austinkleon.com/about/?utm_source=openai))

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Steal like an artist
-Steal Like An Artist
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Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started
-Steal Like An Artist
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Write the book you want to read
-Steal Like An Artist
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You don’t have to be a genius
-Show Your Work!
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Think process, not product
-Show Your Work!
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Share something small every day
-Show Your Work!
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Forget the noun, do the verb
-Keep Going
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The ordinary + extra attention = the extraordinary
-Keep Going
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You’re allowed to change your mind
-Keep Going

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"Austin Kleon is one of the brightest new minds on the creative landscape"

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"Austin Kleon is known for his genius writings on creativity and art"

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"Austin Kleon’s books always arrive like an unusually pleasant day in early spring"

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"Austin Kleon is positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet"

Maria Popova

"Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs the New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need"

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"Austin Kleon is an Austin-based New York Times-bestselling author who draws as much as he writes"

KUTX

"Austin Kleon is a constant rainbow amidst gloomy Internet clouds"

Neil Pasricha

"In 2012, Austin Kleon burst onto the scene with Steal Like an Artist, a book that’s now in the canon of guides to creative thinking and productivity"

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