340 Quotes by Austin Kleon

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.” – John Currin.

What’s clear is that it’s healthiest if we make a daily appointment to disconnect from the world so that we can connect with ourselves.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” – Gustave Flaubert.

All the world’s a stage. Creative work is a kind of theater. The stage is your studio, your desk, or your workstation. The costume is your outfit – your painting pants, your business suit, or that funny hat that helps you think. The props are your materials, your tools, and your medium. The script is just plain old time. An hour here, or an hour there – just time measured out for things to happen.

The good thing about dead or remote masters is that they can’t refuse you as an apprentice.

Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you.

Don’t show your lunch or your latte; show your work.

Enjoy your obscurity while it lasts.

Franz Kafka wrote, “It isn’t necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don’t even listen, just wait. Don’t wait, be still and alone. The whole world will offer itself to you.” And Kafka was born a century before the Internet!