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Austin Kleon Quotes

Total quotes: 10
“If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”
— Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Tagged: Creativity, Talent, Mentors, Artistic Growth
“People hear 'NYT bestseller' and they think, 'Oh, he's a millionaire or something', which is just ridiculous as anyone who's been on that list can tell you.”
— Austin Kleon, Scratch
Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money
“But what I quickly realized is, I'm not quitting my day job. I'm swapping one day job for another.”
— Austin Kleon, Scratch
Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money
“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.”
— Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Tagged: Creative, Business, Books, Music
“The world is crazy. Creative work is hard. Life is short and art is long.”
— Austin Kleon, Keep Going
Tagged: creative work, Art Quotes, Design Quotes
“The pursuit of landscaping is a cause of the deranged man. Imperfection is emancipation.”
— Austin Kleon, Newspaper Blackout
Tagged: Life
“I mean, sure, do what you love, but do it on the nights-and-weekends plan.”
— Austin Kleon, Scratch
Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money, How to be a writer
“Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.”
— Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Tagged: Creative, Reading, Wondering
“When I do those books, I know it's a product. I know it's going to be shelved in a certain part of the bookstore. So what I try to do is inject it with as much artfulness and as much of myself and as much honesty as I can. But it never leaves me, the fact that I'm making something that's going to have a barcode on the back of it.”
— Austin Kleon, Scratch
Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money
“But look, a lot of the people who ask me for advice, they're not just asking about how to be a writer. Because everyone knows that: How to be a writer is: you write all the time, and you read all the time, and eventually maybe you'll write something worth reading. The question people are really asking is: How do I become Cheryl Strayed? How do I become J.K. Rowling? How do I become Jonathan Franzen? And this is a whole different question.”
— Austin Kleon, Scratch
Tagged: Books, Money, Writers, Writers and money, How to be a writer
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