Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The world is changing at such a rapid rate that it’s turning us all into amateurs.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfiction was a chance to “watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“This is yet another trait of amateurs—they’ll use whatever tools they can get their hands on to try to get their ideas… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The world is changing at such a rapid rate that it’s turning us all into amateurs. Even for professionals, the best way… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Watching amateurs at work can also inspire us to attempt the work ourselves. “I saw the Sex Pistols,” said New Order frontman… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The thing is, you can cut off a couple passions and only focus on one, but after a while, you’ll start to feel phantom… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine. — Austin Kleon Copy Share
“We want you to take from us. We want you, at first, to steal from us, because you can’t steal. You will take what… — austin kleon Copy Share
“If you want fans, you have to be a fan first. If you want to be accepted by a community, you have to first… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
“Social media sites are the perfect place to share daily updates. Don’t worry about being on every platform; pick and choose based on what… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
“Writing a page a day doesn't seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share
It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist. — Austin Kleon Copy Share
“Don't wait until you know who you are to get started. If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land,… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
“The writer Jonathan Lethem has said that when people call something “original,” nine out of ten times they just don’t know the references or… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
“Stock and flow” is an economic concept that writer Robin Sloan has adapted into a metaphor for media: “Flow is the feed. It’s the… — Austin Kleon Copy Share
