“We all love things that other people think are garbage. You have to have the courage to keep loving your garbage, because what makes us unique is the diversity and breadth of our influences, the unique ways in which we… — 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
“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… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“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… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
