Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat with only 236 different words, so his editor bet him he couldn’t write a book with only 50 different words. Dr. Seuss came back and won the bet with Green Eggs and Ham, one of the bestselling children’s books of all time … Creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out.
— From: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (via ifyougiveachildabook)
Reblogged from Things I like.