340 Quotes by Austin Kleon

When you first get started, there's usually a big gap between what you are and what you want to be. 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 to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.

In this age of information abundance and overload, those who get ahead will be the folks who figure out what to leave out so they can concentrate on what's really important to them. Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities. The idea that you can do anything is absolutely terrifying.

So: Copy your heroes. Examine where you fall short. What's in there that makes you different? That's what you should amplify and transform into your own work.

There are a lot of destructive myths about creativity, but one of the most dangerous is the “lone genius” myth.

Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.

School is one thing, education is another. The two dont always overlap. Whether you are in school or not, ts always your job to get yourself an education.

School is one thing, education is another. The two don't always overlap. Whether you are in school or not, it is always your job to get yourself an education.

Life is a lonely bussiness

Life is a lonely business