The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints — Austin Kleon

"If you get one thing out of this book make it this: Go register a domain name. Buy www.[insert your name here].com. [...] Your website doesnt have to look pretty; it just has to exist."

"The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on. What we work on and how hard we work on it. It might seem like a stretch, but I really think the best thing you can do if you want to make art is to pretend youre starring in your own remake of Groundhog Day: Yesterdays over, tomorrow may never come, theres just today and what you can do with it."

"Creativity is about connection — you must be connected to others in order to be inspired and share your own work — but it is also about disconnection. You must retreat from the world long enough to think, practice your art, and bring forth something worth sharing with others. You must play a little hide-and-seek in order to produce something worth being found."

"The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they cant refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work."

"Always be reading. Go to the library. Theres magic in being surrounded by books. Get lost in the stacks. Read bibliographies. Its not the book you start with, its the book that book leads you to."

"Dumpster diving" is one of the jobs of the artist— finding the treasure in other peoples trash, sifting through the debris of our culture, paying attention to the stuff that everyone else is ignoring, and taking inspiration from the stuff that people have tossed aside for whatever reasons. [...] All it takes to uncover hidden gems is a clear eye, an open mind, and a willingness to search for inspiration in places other people arent willing or able to go."