Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon

"To be on brand is to be 100% certain of who you are and what you do, and certainly, in art and in life, is not only completely overrated, it is also a roadblock to discovery. Uncertainty is the very thing that art thrives on."
7 Quotes
"To be on brand is to be 100% certain of who you are and what you do, and certainly, in art and in life, is not only completely overrated, it is also a roadblock to discovery. Uncertainty is the very thing that art thrives on."
Austin Kleon Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
"Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder."
Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
"If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room."
Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
"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."
Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
"Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead."
Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
"If you just mimic the surface of somebody’s work without understanding where they are coming from, your work will never be anything more than a knockoff."
Austin Kleon
"Write the book you want to read"
Austin Kleon
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