Quotes by Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon

Art is theft”) and Igor Stravinsky (“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”), I’ve always stolen from the people I admire – not plagiarized, mind you, but stolen bits of ideas and stylistic influences. If you steal widely enough, after all, your models are inevitably changed and the result is in the end completely yours. Kleon cites André Gide to this point, in a quotation I love: “Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.

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Art that only comes from the head isn’t any good. Watch any good musician and you’ll see what I mean.

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Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else–that’s how you’ll get ahead.

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Be nice. (The world is a small town.)

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Copying is about reverse-engineering.

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Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.

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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.

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Don’t worry about doing research. Just search.

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Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.

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Quotes by Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon

Art that only comes from the head isn’t any good. Watch any good musician and you’ll see what I mean.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else–that’s how you’ll get ahead.

Be nice. (The world is a small town.)

Copying is about reverse-engineering.

Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.

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

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

Don’t worry about doing research. Just search.

Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.

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