Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfi… - Austin Kleon

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Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfiction was a chance to “watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average pay far closer attention and think at far more length about all sorts of different stuff than most of us have a chance to in our daily lives.

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Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983) is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.

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Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas. A good example of this is genetics. You have a mother and you have a father. You possess features from both of them, but the sum of you is bigger than their parts. You're a remix of your mom and dad and all of your ancestors.

El trabajo que haces mientras procrastinas debería ser el trabajo que hagas el resto de tu vida.

Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.

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