Here are the titles of each chapter and his list of recommendations.
1. STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST
All advice is autobiographical.
All art ideas are stolen.
Nothing is original.
All creative work builds on what came before.
You are the sum of your influences.
Goethe said: “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
Garbage in, Garbage out.
Be curious about the world in which you live.
Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.
Write the book you want to read.
Use your hands
Side projects and hobbies are important.
The secret: do good work and share it with people.
Geography is no longer our master.
Be nice. (The world is a small town.)
Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
Get yourself a calendar.
Amassing a body of work is bout the slow accumulation of a little bits of effort over time.
Get a calendar. Fill the boxes.
Don’t break the chain.
Keep a logbook.
A chart of past events.
List the things you do every day.
What projects you worked on, where you went to lunch, what movie you saw.
Logbooks keep track of how far you’ve traveled.
You are keeping track of how far your ship has sailed.
What’s the best thing that happened today?
Marry Well.
Who you marry is the most important decision you’ll ever make.
It also means who you do business with, who you befriend, who you choose to be around.
A good partner keeps your grounded.
What now? .... his list
Take a walk
Start your swipe file
Go to the library
Buy a notebook and use it
Get yourself a calendar
Start your logbook
Give a copy of this book away
Start a blog
Take a nap
Recommended reading... his list:
Lynda Barry, What it is
Hugh Macleod, Ignore Everybody
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Rework
Lewis Hyde, The Gift
Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence
David Shields, Reality Hunger
Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
Ed Emberley, Make a World
Patti Smith, Just Kids
All advice is autobiographical.
All art ideas are stolen.
Nothing is original.
All creative work builds on what came before.
You are the sum of your influences.
Goethe said: “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
Garbage in, Garbage out.
Be curious about the world in which you live.
Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.
Write the book you want to read.
Use your hands
Side projects and hobbies are important.
The secret: do good work and share it with people.
Geography is no longer our master.
Be nice. (The world is a small town.)
Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
Amassing a body of work is bout the slow accumulation of a little bits of effort over time.
Get a calendar. Fill the boxes.
Don’t break the chain.
A chart of past events.
List the things you do every day.
What projects you worked on, where you went to lunch, what movie you saw.
Logbooks keep track of how far you’ve traveled.
You are keeping track of how far your ship has sailed.
What’s the best thing that happened today?
Who you marry is the most important decision you’ll ever make.
It also means who you do business with, who you befriend, who you choose to be around.
A good partner keeps your grounded.
Take a walk
Start your swipe file
Go to the library
Buy a notebook and use it
Get yourself a calendar
Start your logbook
Give a copy of this book away
Start a blog
Take a nap
Lynda Barry, What it is
Hugh Macleod, Ignore Everybody
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Rework
Lewis Hyde, The Gift
Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence
David Shields, Reality Hunger
Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
Ed Emberley, Make a World
Patti Smith, Just Kids
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