Austin Kleon Quotes
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Do good work and share it with people.
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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.
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Writing a page a day doesn't seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.
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Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.
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When you get rid of old material, you push yourself further and come up with something better.
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If you have two or three real passions, don't feel like you have to pick and choose between them. Don't discard. Keep all your passions in your life.
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Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes or look ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they don't hesitate to do work that others think of as silly or just plain stupid.
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Don't feel guilty about the pleasures you take in the things you enjoy.
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Don't talk to people you don't want to talk to, and don't talk about stuff you don't want to talk about.
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Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't come out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.
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Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.
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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.