Artist Quotes by Austin Kleon

“Whenever Picasso learned how to do something, he abandoned it.”

— Austin Kleon

“How does an artist look at the world? First, you figure out what's worth stealing, then you move on to the next…

— Austin Kleon

Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'

— Austin Kleon

“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere.”

— Austin Kleon

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean.

— Austin Kleon

“Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t.” —Craig Damrauer The”

— Austin Kleon

What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely…

— Austin Kleon

“But whatever the nature of your work, there is an art to what you do, and there are people who would be…

— Austin Kleon

The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect…

— Austin Kleon

“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 is theft”) and Igor Stravinsky (“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”), I’ve always stolen from the people I admire – not…

— Austin Kleon

“Good” can be a stifling word, a word that makes you hesitate and stare at a blank page and second-guess yourself and…

— Austin Kleon