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Inspirational Quotes by Austin Kleon
- If you ever find you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
- Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library."
- If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying…
- You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.
- The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.
- Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.
- In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out.
- Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.
- Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
- School is one thing. Education is another. The two don’t always overlap. Whether you’re in school or not, it’s always your job to get yourself…
- You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.
- Write the book you want to read
- Inertia is the death of creativity
- The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like.
- Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.
- You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.
- Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.
- In order to be found, you have to be findable.
- You can't find your voice if you don't use it.
- The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others.
- The only way to find your voice is to use it
- You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
- It's in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
- Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento