Austin Kleon Quotes

Haz un presupuesto. Vive dentro de tus posibilidades. Prepara tu lunch. Cuida los centavos. Ahorra lo más que puedas. Obtén la educación que necesitas de la forma más barata posible. El arte de ahorrar intenta decirle no a la cultura consumista.

Es mejor apagarse que desaparecer.” Yo creo que es mejor apagarse lentamente y ver a tus nietos crecer.

Whether their latest thing is universally rejected, ignored, or acclaimed, they know they’ll still get up tomorrow and do their work.

Strike all the adjectives from your bio. If you take photos, you’re not an “aspiring” photographer, and you’re not an “amazing” photographer, either. You’re a photographer. Don’t get cute. Don’t brag. Just state the facts.

If you believe in the lone genius myth, creativity is an antisocial act, performed by only a few great figures — mostly dead men with names like Mozart, Einstein, or Picasso. The rest of us are left to stand around and gawk in awe at their achievements.

If you don't find something worth stealing today, you might find it worth stealing tomorrow or a month or a year from now.

Brancusi practiced what I call The Vampire Test. It’s a simple way to know who you should let in and out of your life. If, after hanging out with someone you feel worn out and depleted, that person is a vampire. If, after hanging out with someone you still feel full of energy, that person is not a vampire. Of course, The Vampire Test works on many things in our lives, not just people — you can apply it to jobs, hobbies, places, etc.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes — including you.” — Anne Lamott

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

Ve výsledku jsi tedy směsicí všeho, čemu dovolíš vstoupit do svého života.

America
became a dirty word
in 1492
when
we
landed

good work isn’t created in a vacuum,

Ve y haz justo eso.

Si tienes dos o tres verdaderas pasiones, no creas que tienes que escoger alguna. No las deseches. Quédate con todo lo que te apasiona.

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