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…

— Austin Kleon

Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.

— 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…

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“Validation is for parking.”

— Austin Kleon

“If you want fans, you have to be a fan first. If you want to be accepted by a community, you have…

— 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…

— 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.”

— Austin Kleon

Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)

— Austin Kleon

It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist.

— 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…

— Austin Kleon

Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in…

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Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.

— Austin Kleon

“Whenever Picasso learned how to do something, he abandoned it.”

— 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…

— Austin Kleon

“Stock and flow” is an economic concept that writer Robin Sloan has adapted into a metaphor for media: “Flow is the feed.…

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“The reason to copy your heroes and their style is so that you might somehow get a glimpse into their minds. That's…

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“you want attention only after you’re doing really good work. There’s no pressure when you’re unknown. You can do what you want.…

— Austin Kleon

Find the most talented person in the room, and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him.…

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“Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced…

— Austin Kleon

“Find the most talented person in the room, and if it’s not you, go stand next to him.”

— Austin Kleon

“If you believe in the lone genius myth, creativity is an antisocial act, performed by only a few great figures — mostly…

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Dig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance.

— Austin Kleon

“Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t.” —Craig Damrauer The”

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“Whenever you're at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, "What would make a betterstory?”

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“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up…

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