You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again. — Austin Kleon Excellence 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 Age Copy Share Image
The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by. — Austin Kleon Funny Copy Share Image
Dig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Whether I went to school or not, I would always study.” —RZA” — Austin Kleon Education Copy Share Image
“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere.” — Austin Kleon Art Copy Share Image
“When you get rid of old material, you push yourself further and come up with something better.” — Austin Kleon Austin-kleon Copy Share Image
“The golden rule is even more golden in our hyperconnected world. An important lesson to learn: If you talk about someone on… — Austin Kleon Golden rule Copy Share Image
“You should wonder at the things nobody else is wondering about. If everybody's wondering about apples, go wonder about oranges.” — Austin Kleon Curiosity Copy Share Image
“Don’t try to be hip or cool. Being open and honest about what you like is the best way to connect with… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“What Now? Talk a walk Start your swipe file Go to the library Buy a notebook and use it Get yourself a… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“How does an artist look at the world? First, you figure out what's worth stealing, then you move on to the next… — Austin Kleon Art Copy Share Image
Google everything. I mean everything. Google your dreams, Google your problems. Don’t ask a question before you Google it. You’ll either find… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write… — Austin Kleon Art Copy Share Image
The best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn,… — Austin Kleon Best way Copy Share Image
“The reason to copy your heroes and their style is so that you might somehow get a glimpse into their minds. That's… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat with only 236 different words, so his editor bet him he couldn’t write a… — Austin Kleon Books Copy Share Image
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in… — Austin Kleon Death Copy Share Image
That’s the thing you have to understand about the whole process of art (or the work that we do) – you’re only… — Austin Kleon Art 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.… — Austin Kleon Economics Copy Share Image
“Think about your favourite work and your creative heroes. What did they miss? What didn't they make? What could've been made better?… — Austin Kleon Austin-kleon Copy Share Image
“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up… — Austin Kleon Music making Copy Share Image
If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be… — 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
Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time. — Austin Kleon Habits Copy Share Image
Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.' — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.” — Austin Kleon Plagiarism Copy Share Image
“it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable.” — 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 Computers Copy Share Image
“Google it. You’ll either find the answer or you’ll come up with a better question.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past. — Austin Kleon Advice Copy Share Image
“In fact, sharing your process might actually be most valuable if the products of your work aren’t easily shared,” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities. — Austin Kleon Ideas Copy Share Image
“Complain about the way other people make software by making software.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
The biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world. — Austin Kleon Morning Copy Share Image
“Whenever you're at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, "What would make a betterstory?” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like. — Austin Kleon Advice Copy Share Image
Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean. — Austin Kleon Art Copy Share Image
