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Books are made out of books. — Cormac McCarthy Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From David Byrne, How Music Works Mike Monteiro, Design Is a Job Kio Star...

Austin Kleon

Books are made out of books. — Cormac McCarthy Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From David Byrne, How Music Works Mike Monteiro, Design Is a Job Kio Star...

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 Kafk...

Austin Kleon

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 Kafk...

About Author
Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983) is a New York Times bestselling author of five books: Steal Like an Artist; Show Your Work!; Keep Going; Steal Like An Artist Journal; and Newspaper Blackout.
Kleon's works focus on creativity in today's world. He has spoken at organizations such as Pixar, Google, and TEDx, and at conferences such as The Economist's Human Potential Summit and SXSW.

Part of the art of creating is in discovering your own kind. They are everywhere. But don't look for them in the wrong placesHenry MillerAs you put yourself and your work out there, you will run into...

Austin Kleon

Part of the art of creating is in discovering your own kind. They are everywhere. But don't look for them in the wrong placesHenry MillerAs you put yourself and your work out there, you will run into...

The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes. —A...

Austin Kleon

The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes. —A...

The writer Jonathan Lethem has said that when people call something original, nine out of ten times they just don’t know the references or the original sources involved.

Austin Kleon

The writer Jonathan Lethem has said that when people call something original, nine out of ten times they just don’t know the references or the original sources involved.

Whatever we say, we’re always talking about ourselves. —Alison Bechdel

Austin Kleon

Whatever we say, we’re always talking about ourselves. —Alison Bechdel

Write the book you want to read

Austin Kleon

Write the book you want to read

Tags: inspirational

A calendar helps you plan work, gives you concrete goals, and keeps you on track. The comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a calendar method that helps him stick to his daily joke writing. He suggests that you...

Austin Kleon

A calendar helps you plan work, gives you concrete goals, and keeps you on track. The comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a calendar method that helps him stick to his daily joke writing. He suggests that you...

Paul McCartney has said, I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis. We all did.

Austin Kleon

Paul McCartney has said, I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis. We all did.

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

Austin Kleon

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

Drawing is simply another way of seeing, which we don’t really do as adults, says cartoonist Chris Ware. We’re all going around in a cloud of remembrance and anxiety, he says, and the act of drawing h...

Austin Kleon

Drawing is simply another way of seeing, which we don’t really do as adults, says cartoonist Chris Ware. We’re all going around in a cloud of remembrance and anxiety, he says, and the act of drawing h...