The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be in…

Austin Kleon
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by. ✨ Austin Kleon (2012). Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, p.14, Workman Publishing
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