The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on… — Austin Kleon 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 Copy Share Image
“The trouble with imaginative people is that we're good at picturing the worst that could happen to us. Fear is often just… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“If you just mimic the surface of somebody’s work without understanding where they are coming from, your work will never be anything… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time. Inertia is the death of creativity.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
If we’re free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing,… — Austin Kleon 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 Copy Share Image
“If you believe in the lone genius myth, creativity is an antisocial act, performed by only a few great figures — mostly… — Austin Kleon 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 Copy Share Image
What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette,… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Usually, when we talk about creativity, it’s about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Ask anybody doing truly creative work, and they’ll tell you the truth: They don’t know where the good stuff comes from. They… — 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
“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 Image
Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 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 was about… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
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 Image
