--- product_id: 246155 title: "Steal Like an Artist" price: "£9.40" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/246155-steal-like-an-artist store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Creativity unleashed Inspiration on every page 10 transformative insights Steal Like an Artist **Price:** £9.40 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎉 Unleash Your Inner Artist with Every Turn of the Page! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Steal Like an Artist - **How much does it cost?** £9.40 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/246155-steal-like-an-artist) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Visual Inspiration:** Features illustrations and examples that spark imagination and innovation. - • **Engaging and Accessible:** Enjoy a conversational writing style that makes complex ideas easy to digest. - • **Community-Driven Creativity:** Join a movement of like-minded individuals who believe in sharing and collaboration. - • **Unlock Your Creative Potential:** Discover 10 game-changing principles that will elevate your artistic journey. - • **Practical Wisdom for Modern Creatives:** Learn actionable strategies that resonate with today's dynamic creative landscape. ## Overview Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon is a groundbreaking guide that reveals 10 essential truths about creativity, encouraging readers to embrace their artistic instincts and share their work with the world. This book combines practical advice with engaging visuals, making it a must-read for anyone looking to enhance their creative journey. ## Description Unlock your creativity. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life . Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you—what feels like a hobby may turn into you life’s work. Forget the old cliché about writing what you know: Instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch . And finally, stay Smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in the everyday world so that you have the space to be wild and daring in your imagination and your work . “Brilliant and real and true.”—Rosanne Cash Review: Need to read - This is a genuinely insightful and accessible read. Even if you don’t consider yourself an artist in any sense, the advice is practical, grounded, and easy to absorb. The writing is clear and engaging throughout, making complex ideas feel surprisingly simple. The author has a real gift for expressing concepts that many people feel but struggle to articulate. I often found myself thinking, “that’s exactly it,” but never would have put it that way myself. That alone makes the book worth reading. I enjoyed it from start to finish and will definitely be looking for more work from this author in the future. Review: Get out there and get busy creating. - If you've been paying attention to certain parts of the Web recently, you may be familiar with a rising chorus of voices talking about creativity as "remixing." The broad thesis is that creativity isn't a mystical flash of insight in the mind of a lone genius, but rather a combinatorial, collaborative process in which artists and designers consciously and gradually combine existing ideas into novel forms. Books like "The Gift", by Lewis Hyde, and video series like "Everything is a Remix", by Kirby Ferguson, champion this burgeoning idea (and are name-checked by Kleon at the end of "Artist"). But if Hyde and Ferguson are the theorists charting the contours of these new ideas, Kleon is the practitioner, the man-of-artistic-action, bringing the means and the message to the people. "Steal Like An Artist" began as a lecture given by Kleon at Broome Community College that later emerged as a viral blog post. Kleon makes no effort to hide the fact that the blog post forms the skeleton of "Artist". But even if you've memorized the post, Kleon layers enough muscle and flesh on it that you feel like you're encountering his core ideas all over again. The same rush of discovery and energy awaits. Kleon describes himself as "a writer that draws," and "Artist" is proof of that. He designed the book himself and his voice and style shine through. "Artist" feels unified, innovative, balanced, and, above all, intimate. The book is small, like a big cocktail napkin. It's full of illustrations by Kleon and little flourishes that keep things brisk as you read. The small size makes the book feel approachable, ready to provide a quick inspiration burst if need be. Kleon describes ten basic principles to boost your creativity. He lists them on the back cover of the book (a choice that Kindle purchasers will miss) so that they're easily referenced. It's a small touch, but emblematic of the book's careful construction. Most importantly, "Artist" is focused on practicality. Kleon has absorbed the lessons of Hyde and Ferguson, but he wants to do more than evangelize; he wants to transform. "Artist" is stuffed with practical tips that you can adopt. In fact, there's a section at the very end of the book titled "What Now?", in which Kleon gives you a long, itemized list of things you can do *right now* to prime your creative pump. One recent book that Kleon doesn't reference is "Where Good Ideas Come From", by Steve Johnson. "Good Ideas" is one of the best new books about spurring creativity, but it's primarily focused on principles of creativity and their historical origins. "Artist" is a perfect companion to "Good Ideas". Once you've read Johnson's book and your head is full of theory, Kleon's book comes along and gives you a good, firm (and lighthearted) kick in the pants to send you on your way. You certainly don't need to read "Good Ideas" or any other book to receive the full benefit of "Artist". It's a short, heady blast of exuberance that's guaranteed to kick-start your imagination. ## Features - By artist and writer Austin Kleon - A collection of positive messages and exercises to realize your artistic side - A New York Times Best-seller - 10 Things nobody told you about being creative! - ERROR:#N/A ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,469 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Popular Psychology Creativity & Genius #9 in Creativity (Books) #32 in Entrepreneurship (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 19,915 Reviews | ## Images ![Steal Like an Artist - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61GNEMa02VL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Need to read *by A***K on April 27, 2026* This is a genuinely insightful and accessible read. Even if you don’t consider yourself an artist in any sense, the advice is practical, grounded, and easy to absorb. The writing is clear and engaging throughout, making complex ideas feel surprisingly simple. The author has a real gift for expressing concepts that many people feel but struggle to articulate. I often found myself thinking, “that’s exactly it,” but never would have put it that way myself. That alone makes the book worth reading. I enjoyed it from start to finish and will definitely be looking for more work from this author in the future. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Get out there and get busy creating. *by D***R on February 23, 2012* If you've been paying attention to certain parts of the Web recently, you may be familiar with a rising chorus of voices talking about creativity as "remixing." The broad thesis is that creativity isn't a mystical flash of insight in the mind of a lone genius, but rather a combinatorial, collaborative process in which artists and designers consciously and gradually combine existing ideas into novel forms. Books like "The Gift", by Lewis Hyde, and video series like "Everything is a Remix", by Kirby Ferguson, champion this burgeoning idea (and are name-checked by Kleon at the end of "Artist"). But if Hyde and Ferguson are the theorists charting the contours of these new ideas, Kleon is the practitioner, the man-of-artistic-action, bringing the means and the message to the people. "Steal Like An Artist" began as a lecture given by Kleon at Broome Community College that later emerged as a viral blog post. Kleon makes no effort to hide the fact that the blog post forms the skeleton of "Artist". But even if you've memorized the post, Kleon layers enough muscle and flesh on it that you feel like you're encountering his core ideas all over again. The same rush of discovery and energy awaits. Kleon describes himself as "a writer that draws," and "Artist" is proof of that. He designed the book himself and his voice and style shine through. "Artist" feels unified, innovative, balanced, and, above all, intimate. The book is small, like a big cocktail napkin. It's full of illustrations by Kleon and little flourishes that keep things brisk as you read. The small size makes the book feel approachable, ready to provide a quick inspiration burst if need be. Kleon describes ten basic principles to boost your creativity. He lists them on the back cover of the book (a choice that Kindle purchasers will miss) so that they're easily referenced. It's a small touch, but emblematic of the book's careful construction. Most importantly, "Artist" is focused on practicality. Kleon has absorbed the lessons of Hyde and Ferguson, but he wants to do more than evangelize; he wants to transform. "Artist" is stuffed with practical tips that you can adopt. In fact, there's a section at the very end of the book titled "What Now?", in which Kleon gives you a long, itemized list of things you can do *right now* to prime your creative pump. One recent book that Kleon doesn't reference is "Where Good Ideas Come From", by Steve Johnson. "Good Ideas" is one of the best new books about spurring creativity, but it's primarily focused on principles of creativity and their historical origins. "Artist" is a perfect companion to "Good Ideas". Once you've read Johnson's book and your head is full of theory, Kleon's book comes along and gives you a good, firm (and lighthearted) kick in the pants to send you on your way. You certainly don't need to read "Good Ideas" or any other book to receive the full benefit of "Artist". It's a short, heady blast of exuberance that's guaranteed to kick-start your imagination. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well Done and Its an Adrenaline Rush *by C***O on February 12, 2015* I bought this book on 10Feb2015 and finish it the night I bought it. “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon. Creative/dp/0761169253/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_yI I must confess I bought the book solely because of the Title. Since I was fasinated by the idea of stealing and the status symbol of being an artist, I bought it without second thought. Steal Like an artist is a short and easy read, I finished the whole book in less than 2 hours and did some notes in the process. Anyone with reasonable reading skills should be able to finish the book in less than an afternoon. The primary objective of the book is to persuade you to reverse engineer the work of others and improvised it into your own model. Start a Phony and become a real artist is the premise of the whole book. Austin defines copying as the act to absorb and reverse engineer the word of others and immersing oneself into a space where one can blend multiple ideas into a complete set of idea and create something out of it, be it a piece of art, a product or a business. Austin Kleon also suggest the readers to find out who to copy, what to copy and the reason of copying, since the world is a GIGO (Garbage In and Garbage Out). Another interesting point he point out is that humans are more able to create content on paper or by physical actions rather than hitting the keypad. He believe that is because the muscle actions will stimulate the brain more thoroughly, thus unleashing the power of creativity. This view resonante by another book I read “The Anti Education Era” written by James Paul Gee. In this book, James Paul Gee also recommends the use of multi sensory input. The more sense involve, the better the memory will register. So I guess as a writer, I will try to include more sensory input to entice the audience to a higher level of engagement. As of now I am pretty obscure, that could be an Advantage according to Austin Kleon. Because I am in obscurity, I can afford to experiment and be focused on doing good work instead of handling social task. And the readers can feel more engaged in my works since its imperfect. The readers can discover and find the bits and piece by themselves, by filling the gaps between it, the audience can feel more engaged. That’s why incubation and obscure artist always sells better than a fully developed piece and a highly recognized artist. In the book Austin also stresses the ability to remain stably euphoric. He suggest any artist to keep some praises from readers and audiences and reviewing them when one is having a struggle. Last but not least, Creativity is subtraction, and creativity is the struggle against limitation. That’s why when you are facing a writer block, entrepreneur block or artist block, try to slash some elements and create something out of a lot of restrictions. He validated this idea by actions quite well by finishing a poem book called “Newspaper Blackout”. ## Frequently Bought Together - Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon) - Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon) - Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/246155-steal-like-an-artist](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/246155-steal-like-an-artist) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*