“Find a scenius, pay attention to what others are sharing, and then start taking note of what they’re not sharing.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing. — Austin Kleon Creative Copy Share Image
Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
So go on, get angry. But keep your mouth shut and go do your work. — Austin Kleon Anger Copy Share Image
“You're never "keeping it real" with your lack of punctuation and proofreading, you're keeping it unintelligible.” — Austin Kleon Educational Copy Share Image
“Surround yourself with books and objects that you love. Tape things up on the wall. Create your own world.” — Austin Kleon Books Copy Share Image
You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The world is changing at such a rapid rate that it’s turning us all into amateurs.” — Austin Kleon Amateurs Copy Share Image
“Be ambitious. Keep yourself busy. Think bigger. Expand your audience. Don’t hobble yourself in the name of “keeping it real,” or “not… — Austin Kleon Ambitious Copy Share Image
“Pretend to be something you’re not until you are—fake it until you’re successful, until everybody sees you the way you want them.” — austin kleon Copy Share Image
“In the first act, you get your hero up a tree. The second act, you throw rocks at him. For the third… — Austin Kleon Austin-kleon Copy Share Image
“Ironically, really good work often appears to be effortless. People will say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” They won’t see the… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“If you’re out of ideas, wash the dishes. Take a really long walk. Stare at a spot on the wall for as… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
There's a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you're lucky, your work is in… — Austin Kleon Balance Copy Share Image
“You can’t count on success; you can only leave open the possibility for it, and be ready to jump on and take… — Austin Kleon Possibility Copy Share Image
“You’ll never get that freedom back again once people start paying you attention, and especially not once they start paying you money.” — Austin Kleon Attention Copy Share Image
“Pablo Picasso was notorious for sucking the energy out of the people he met. His granddaughter Marina claimed that he squeezed people… — Austin Kleon Art Copy Share Image
“The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“I had a professor in college who returned our graded essays, walked up to the chalkboard, and wrote in huge letters: “SO… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up… — Austin Kleon Music making Copy Share Image
“Think about your favourite work and your creative heroes. What did they miss? What didn't they make? What could've been made better?… — Austin Kleon Austin-kleon Copy Share Image
There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Don't wait until you know who you are to get started. If I'd waited to know who I was or what I… — Austin Kleon Art making Copy Share Image
“Our failure to copy our heroes is where we discover where our own thing lives. That is how we evolve.” — Austin Kleon Failure Copy Share Image
“You have to remember that your work is something you do, not who you are.” — Austin Kleon Memory Copy Share Image
Unless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don't ever use any of those terms in your bio.… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Imagine if your next boss didn’t have to read your résumé because he already reads your blog.” — Austin Kleon Boss Copy Share Image
“Don't talk to people you don't want to talk to, and don't talk about stuff you don't want to talk about.” — Austin Kleon Austin-kleon Copy Share Image
If you ever find you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder. — Austin Kleon Brain Copy Share Image
“Paul McCartney has said, “I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis. We all did.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others. — Austin Kleon Education Copy Share Image
In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out. — Austin Kleon Creativity Copy Share Image
“If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.” — Austin Kleon Creativity Copy Share Image
“Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t.” —Craig Damrauer The” — Austin Kleon Art Copy Share Image
Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show… — Austin Kleon Attention Copy Share Image
“Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced… — Austin Kleon Good ideas Copy Share Image
