Quotes by : Austin Kleon

Comments outnumber ideas.

Strike all the adjectives from your bio. If you take photos, you're not an 'aspiring' photographer, you're....

Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't come out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning,....

Forget about being an expert or a professional, and wear your amateurism (your heart, your love) on your....

Don't just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. You don't want to look like your heroes,....

Every artist gets asked the question, “Where do you get your ideas?” The honest artist answers, “I....

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.

Life is a lonely business

The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn,....

The great thing about remote or dead masters is that they can't refuse you as an apprentice. You can....