That’s what you really want — to internalize their way of looking at the world. If you just mimic the surface of somebody’s work without understandin… - Austin Kleon

If you just mimic the surface of somebody’s work without understanding where they are coming from, your work will never be anything more than a knockoff.

When you ignore quantitative measurements for a bit, you can get back to qualitative measurements. Is it good? Really good? Do you like it? You can also focus more on what the work does that can’t be measured. What it does to your soul.

Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your
imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings,
photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture,
bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and
shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your
shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your
soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.

Me gustan las dos lecturas: debes vestirte para el trabajo que quieres, no para el trabajo que tienes y debes empezar a hacer el trabajo que quieres hacer.