Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfiction was a chance to “watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average pay fa… - Austin Kleon

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Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfiction was a chance to “watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average pay far closer attention and think at far more length about all sorts of different stuff than most of us have a chance to in our daily lives.

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About Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983) is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.

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Un defecto maravilloso del ser humano es que somos incapaces de hacer copias perfectas. El momento en que fracasamos al copiar a nuestros héroes es cuando descubrimos qué es lo que nos hace únicos. Así es como evolucionamos.

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