Austin Kleon

It__ one of my theories that when people give you advice, they__e really just talking to themselves in the past.

The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best- write the story you want to read.

Write the book you want to read

The great thing about remote or dead masters is that they can't refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.

The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning in front of others.

If you just mimic the surface of somebody__ work without understanding where they are coming from, your work will never be anything more than a knockoff.

Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.

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

The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.

Everybody says they want artists to make money and then when they do, everybody hates them for it. The word sellout is spit out by the bitterest, smallest parts of ourselves. Don't be one of those horrible fans who stops listening to your favorite band just because they have a hit single. Don't write off your friends because they've had a little bit of success. Don't be jealous when the people you like do well - celebrate their victory as if it's your own.

Forget about being an expert or a professional, and wear your amateurism (your heart, your love) on your sleeve. Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you.

Find the most talented person in the room, and if it__ not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful. If you ever find that you__e the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.

My motto for creat

Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.

Life is a lonely business

Life is a lonely bussiness

If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.

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