340 Quotes by Austin Kleon

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.

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.

It's often what an artist chooses to leave out that makes the art interesting.

To be on brand is to be 100% certain of who you are and what you do, and certainly, in art and in life, is not only completely overrated, it is also a roadblock to discovery. Uncertainty is the very thing that art thrives on.

If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original.

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.

You're never "keeping it real" with your lack of punctuation and proofreading, you're keeping it unintelligible.

If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.