Austin Kleon Quotes

Life is an art, not a science. Your mileage may vary. Take what you need and leave the rest.

Creativity is about connections, and connections are not made by siloing everything off into its own space. New ideas are formed by interesting juxtapositions, and interesting juxtapositions happen when things are out of place.

Así como tienes una genealogía familiar, tienes una genealogía de ideas. De plano no puedes escoger a tu familia pero sí elegir a tus maestros y amigos, la música que escuchas, los libros que lees y las películas que ves.

they have figured out a daily practice — a repeatable way of working that insulates them from success, failure, and the chaos of the outside world.

La distancia y la diferencia son el secreto tónico de la creatividad. Cuando llegamos a casa, todo es igual. Pero algo en nuestra mente ha cambiado y eso, cambia todo.” — Jonah Lehrer

Si has tenido influencia de una persona, todos dirán que eres su sucesor. Si le robas a cien personas, todos dirán que eres ¡el más original!

If you get one thing out of this book make it this: Go register a domain name. Buy www.[insert your name here].com. [...] Your website doesn't have to look pretty; it just has to exist.

As my friend Hugh MacLeod says, “The best way to get approval is to not need it.

¿Mi ejemplo favorito? Dr. Seuss escribió El gato en el sombrero con sólo 236 palabras diferentes, así que su editor le apostó que no podría hacerlo con sólo 50. Dr. Seuss ganó la apuesta con Huevos verdes y jamón. Ambos son de los libros para niños más vendidos de todos los tiempos.

You have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing.

instead of wasting my anger on complaining or lashing out at people, I try to channel it into my writing and my drawing.

You just have to be as generous as you can, but selfish enough to get your work done.

Human beings want to know where things came from, how they were made, and who made them. The stories you tell about the work you do have

Books are made out of books.

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