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Austin Kleon Quotes

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life Picture Quote #1

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities Picture Quote #1

Inertia is the death of creativity Picture Quote #1

Write the book you want to read Picture Quote #1

Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they’ll have a lot to show you Picture Quote #1

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Find the most talented person in the room, and if it’s not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful. If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room Picture Quote #1

Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder Picture Quote #1

There’s a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you’re lucky, your work is in the middle Picture Quote #1

Dig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance Picture Quote #1

Unless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don’t ever use any of those terms in your bio. Ever Picture Quote #1

There’s an intuition learned through our work. Teaching others doesn’t mean they can just go out and replicate it Picture Quote #1

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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 only collect things that they really love Picture Quote #1

Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done Picture Quote #1

Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder Picture Quote #1

The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by Picture Quote #1

In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out Picture Quote #1

Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas Picture Quote #1

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If you’re worried about giving your secrets away, you can share your dots without connecting them Picture Quote #1

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 an education Picture Quote #1

You’ll either find the answer or you’ll come up with a better question Picture Quote #1

The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like Picture Quote #1

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time Picture Quote #1

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow Picture Quote #1

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Genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see Picture Quote #1

What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original Picture Quote #1

The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff Picture Quote #1

The best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others Picture Quote #1

The people who get what they’re after are very often the ones who just stick around long enough Picture Quote #1

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again Picture Quote #1

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You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life (Austin Kleon Quotes) Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder (Austin Kleon Quotes) Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities (Austin Kleon Quotes) Inertia is the death of creativity (Austin Kleon Quotes) Write the book you want to read (Austin Kleon Quotes) Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they’ll have a lot to show you (Austin Kleon Quotes) Find the most talented person in the room, and if it’s not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful. If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room (Austin Kleon Quotes) Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder (Austin Kleon Quotes) There’s a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you’re lucky, your work is in the middle (Austin Kleon Quotes) Dig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance (Austin Kleon Quotes) Unless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don’t ever use any of those terms in your bio. Ever (Austin Kleon Quotes) There’s an intuition learned through our work. Teaching others doesn’t mean they can just go out and replicate it (Austin Kleon Quotes) The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there’s a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they really love (Austin Kleon Quotes) Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done (Austin Kleon Quotes) Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder (Austin Kleon Quotes) The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by (Austin Kleon Quotes) In the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out (Austin Kleon Quotes) Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas (Austin Kleon Quotes) If you’re worried about giving your secrets away, you can share your dots without connecting them (Austin Kleon Quotes) 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 an education (Austin Kleon Quotes) You’ll either find the answer or you’ll come up with a better question (Austin Kleon Quotes) The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like (Austin Kleon Quotes) Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time (Austin Kleon Quotes) The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow (Austin Kleon Quotes) Genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see (Austin Kleon Quotes) What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original (Austin Kleon Quotes) The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff (Austin Kleon Quotes) The best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others (Austin Kleon Quotes) The people who get what they’re after are very often the ones who just stick around long enough (Austin Kleon Quotes) You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again (Austin Kleon Quotes)

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