Steal Like an Artist

Steal Like an Artist is a short book written by Austin Kleon. Its quite a interesting and easy read which can be completed in an hour or 2. It motivates you to start something and get inspired by work of many easily. It has quite nice quotes too.

Here are the Top Ten Points that the author makes in this book:

1. Steal like an artist
2. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started
3. Write the book you want to read
4. Use your hands
5. Side projects and hobbies are important
6. Do good work and share it with people
7. Geography is no longer our master
8. Be nice (the world is a small town)
9. Be boring (it’s the only way to get work done)
10. Creativity is subtraction

At the end Author recommends us to:

1. Talk a walk
2. Start your swipe file
3. Go to the library
4. Buy a notebook and use it
5. Get yourself a calendar
6. Start your logbook
7. Give a copy of this book away
8. Start a blog
9. Take a nap

You can always get this book from Amazon by clicking here.

Also check out Author Talking at Google Talks