"The best advice is not to write what……" — Austin Kleon
"The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best—write the story you want to read. The same principle applies to your life and your career:"
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57 Quotes by Austin Kleon
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If you ever find you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
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Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more…
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If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd…
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There's an intuition learned through our work. Teaching others doesn't mean they can just go out and replicate it.
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Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'
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We found the future, like birds fly into windows.
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The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They…
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You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
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Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to…
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Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody…
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Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some…
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The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
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The worst men often give the best advice.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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