Quotes from Austin Kleon

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean.

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.

The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like.

The computer brings out the uptight perfectionist in us - we start editing ideas before we have them.

Inertia is the death of creativity

Google everything. I mean everything. Google your dreams, Google your problems. Don't ask a question before you Google it. You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.

School is one thing. Education is another. The two don't always overlap. Whether you're in school or not, it's always your job to get yourself an education.