Austin Kleon Quotes

It’s a closed book until the reader opens it. The reader brings the words and pictures to life with their time and attention.

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.” Thank goodness.

Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough,” writes author Alain de Botton.

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.

común o algo particularmente delicioso.” — Nicholson Baker

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.

The minute you stop wanting something you get it.” — Andy Warhol Chain-smoking

No hay una sola jugada que sea nueva.” El basquetbolista Kobe Bryant ha admitido que ninguno de sus movimientos es nuevo, todos sus dribles los ha robado de videos de sus héroes jugando

It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don’t have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.

Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette, anything you want — that just kills creativity.

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good.

That’s why it’s important to get things in front of others and see how they react.