“ 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
“ Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. —Gustave Flaubert 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… 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… 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… Austin Kleon
“ Paul McCartney has said, I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis. We all did. 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… 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. 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… Austin Kleon
“ Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't come out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying. Austin Kleon
“ When you find something you genuinely enjoy, don't let anyone else make you feel bad about it. Don't feel guilty about the pleasure you take in the things you enjoy. Celebrate them. Austin Kleon
“ Don't just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. You don't want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes. Austin Kleon
“ Every artist gets asked the question, “Where do you get your ideas?” The honest artist answers, “I steal them. Austin Kleon
“ Relax and breathe. The trouble with imaginative people is that we're good at picturing the worst that could happen to us. Fear is often just the imagination taking a wrong turn. Bad criticism is not t… Austin Kleon
“ 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. Austin Kleon
“ Don’t talk to people you don’t want to talk to, and don’t talk about stuff you don’t want to talk about. Austin Kleon
