“Human beings want to know where things came from, how they were made, and who made them. The stories you tell about… — 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
“When you get rid of old material, you push yourself further and come up with something better.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“If you look to artists who've managed to achieve lifelong careers, you detect the same pattern: They all have been able to… — Austin Kleon 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you'll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It's that… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Everybody loves a good story, but good storytelling doesn't come easy to everybody. It's a skill that takes a lifetime to master.… — Austin Kleon 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 Copy Share Image
“Don't feel guilty about the pleasures you take in the things you enjoy.” — 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
