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title: "2 Know Started Quotes By Austin Kleon"
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> [“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 before I started "being creative," well, I'd be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/don-t-wait-until-you-know-who-you-are-to-get-started-if-i-d-waited-to/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

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> [Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/don-t-wait-until-you-know-who-you-are-to-get-started/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

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## More by Austin Kleon

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/the-thing-is-you-can-cut-off-a-couple-passions-and-only-focus-on-one/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/don-t-think-of-your-website-as-a-self-promotion-machine-think-of-it/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/we-want-you-to-take-from-us-we-want-you-at-first-to-steal-from-us/)

[austin kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“Validation is for parking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/validation-is-for-parking/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“If you want fans, you have to be a fan first. If you want to be accepted by a community, you have to first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/if-you-want-fans-you-have-to-be-a-fan-first-if-you-want-to-be/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/social-media-sites-are-the-perfect-place-to-share-daily-updates-don-t/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“Writing a page a day doesn't seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/writing-a-page-a-day-doesn-t-seem-like-much-but-do-it-for-365-days/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/be-boring-it-s-the-only-way-to-get-work-done/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/it-sounds-a-little-extreme-but-in-this-day-and-age-if-your-work-isn-t/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/don-t-wait-until-you-know-who-you-are-to-get-started-if-i-d-waited-to/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/your-brain-gets-too-comfortable-in-your-everyday-surroundings-you/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/nothing-is-more-paralyzing-than-the-idea-of-limitless-possibilities/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“Whenever Picasso learned how to do something, he abandoned it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/whenever-picasso-learned-how-to-do-something-he-abandoned-it/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/the-writer-jonathan-lethem-has-said-that-when-people-call-something/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/stock-and-flow-is-an-economic-concept-that-writer-robin-sloan-has/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

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