Austin Kleon Quotes

"Söylenmesi gereken her şey zaten söylendi. Fakat kimse dinlemediğine göre tekrar söylenmesi gerek." - Andre Gide

Un trabajo te pone en el camino de otras personas. Aprende de ellas, roba de ellas. Yo he intentado trabajar para aprender cosas que me sirvan más adelante; mi trabajo en una biblioteca me enseñó cómo investigar; cuando trabajé como diseñador web, aprendí a hacer páginas de internet; y en mi trabajo como copywriter aprendí a vender cosas.

"You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see. You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Nadie nace con estilo ni con voz. No sales de la matriz sabiendo quién eres. Al principio de nuestra vida, aprendemos imitando a nuestros héroes. Aprendemos copiando.

Hay una teoría económica que dice que si sumas los ingresos de tus cinco amigos más cercanos y sacas un promedio, la cantidad resultante será muy cercana a tu propio ingreso.

As in all kinds of work, there is a distinction between the painter’s process, and the products of her process.

A good pitch is set up in three acts: The first act is the past, the second act is the present, and the third act is the future.

Think about your favourite work and your creative heroes. What did they miss? What didn't they make? What could've been made better? If they were still alive, what would they be making today? If all your favourite makers got together and collaborated, what would they make with you leading the crew?

the only way to find your voice is to use it.

Watching amateurs at work can also inspire us to attempt the work ourselves. “I saw the Sex Pistols,” said New Order frontman Bernard Sumner. “They were terrible. . . . I wanted to get up and be terrible with them.” Raw enthusiasm is contagious.

You can turn your flow into stock.

if you read old books, you get to add all the years the author lived onto your own life.

Eat breakfast. Do some push-ups. Go for long walks. Get plenty of sleep.

If you want to be interesting, you have to be interested.

¿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.