Quotes From "Show Your Work!: 10 Ways To Share Your Creativity And Get Discovered" By Austin Kleon

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Pablo Picasso was notorious for sucking the energy out of the people he met. His granddaughter Marina claimed that he squeezed people like one of his tubes of oil paints. You's have a great time hanging out all day with Picasso, and then you's go home nervous and exhausted, and Picasso would go back to his studio and paint all night, using the energy he'd sucked out of you. Austin Kleon
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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. Austin Kleon
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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. Austin Kleon
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Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine. Austin Kleon
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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. Austin Kleon
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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. Austin Kleon
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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. Austin Kleon
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Comments outnumber ideas. Austin Kleon
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Relax and breathe. The trouble with imaginative people is that we're good at picturing the worst that could happen to us. Fear is often just the imagination taking a wrong turn. Bad criticism is not the end of the world. As far as I know, no one has ever died from a bad review. Take a deep breath and accept whatever comes. Austin Kleon
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When you find something you genuinely enjoy, don't let anyone else make you feel bad about it. Don't feel guilty about the pleasure you take in the things you enjoy. Celebrate them. Austin Kleon