Austin Kleon Quotes

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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• It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Love
  • Find
  • Hard

• Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

  

  Beck
  • You
  • Interesting
  • Find

• I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

  

  Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
  • Best
  • Better
  • Find

• I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • History
  • Girl
  • Find

• Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
  • Men
  • Man
  • Find

• I'm attracted to playing things that I find difficult, just because it's a journey that is much more interesting.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Interesting
  • Journey
  • Find

• Basically, I want that relationship where we have that love. I love her so much, and she loves me so much that it's just - you want that relationship where you look into the girl's eyes, and you know that she's everything you've ever wanted. When I find that, I'm going to get it!

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Love
  • Girl
  • Relationship

• I will just generalise it that anything that I find too disgusting is not worth an answer.

  

  Yami Gautam
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  • Answer
  • Worth

• History, at its best, always tells us as much indirectly about ourselves as it does directly about our predecessors, and it is often most revealing when it deals with episodes and phenomena that we find repulsive.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • History
  • Best
  • Find

• I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Work
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  • Meet

• I always wanted to find oil. It was always an irresistible calling.

  

  Harold Hamm
  • Always
  • Find
  • Oil

• In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Fun
  • Myself
  • Find

• I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • Work
  • Comedy
  • Enjoy

• I think you would find almost anyone who stands up for their patent rights has been called a patent troll.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Up
  • Think
  • You

• I definitely storyboard, but I only start once I have cast and location. I like to find the world first.

  

  Garth Davis
  • World
  • Find
  • Start

• I find it odd that people will go to a nice restaurant or to the theater in jeans and T-shirts.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • People
  • Nice
  • Find

• As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn't hit each other into cars.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Football
  • Share
  • Street

• When I find the right person, nothing else will matter, but I'm prepared to kiss a lot of frogs.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Find
  • Kiss
  • Right Person

• The thing that's strange about Frank Vincent is that actors of his quality are usually big stars.

  

  Irwin Winkler
  • Quality
  • Stars
  • Strange

• I have a hard time finding high boots that go up to your knee, because of the shape of my calves.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Up
  • Time
  • High

• I am sober, grounded, focused, I'm writing again, I like where I am. I'm real positive and I got this great family that came along with my wife - I'm happily married and she's a great part of me that was missing - and I feel real good.

  

  Joe Walsh The Eagles
  • Family
  • Wife
  • Positive

• I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Life
  • Good
  • Live

• The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge.

  

  Oliver Joseph Lodge
  • May
  • Knowledge
  • Kind

• 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.

  

  Austin Kleon
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  • Share
  • Expert