Recently I read a book - Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon. During my reading, I noted the important points and quotes mentioned in the book. So here I will be pointing out them so that you can get an idea of what the author says in the book without reading the entire book. It's time-saving. “Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy, you will find yourself.” —Yohji Yamamoto First, you have to figure out who to copy. Second, you have to figure out what to copy. The writer Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research Don’t just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.” - Conan O’Brien The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like “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 ...