Austin Kleon on How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me):

There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income.

I think the same thing is true of our idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

I could have quoted the whole post.
I think I’ll just steal it instead.
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