Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

“Whether it will ever be recognizable by anyone else I don’t know, but I feel that great new things are happening very quietly inside me. And I know these things have a way, like the maple tree, of finally bursting out in some form.”

things can get very, very tricky when you turn the thing you love into the thing that keeps you and your family clothed and fed.

Rather than restricting your freedom, a routine gives you freedom by protecting you from the ups and downs of life and helping you take advantage of your limited time, energy, and talent. A routine establishes good habits that can lead to your best work.

When you have a system for going back through your work, you can better see the bigger picture of what you’ve been up to, and what you should do next.

Great artists help people look at their lives with fresh eyes and a sense of possibility.

Finding God in all things is one of the tasks of the believer, and Kent found God in advertising,

Creativity is about connection—you

“The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty, and boredom. Those have always been where creative ideas come from.” —Lynda Barry

One of the easiest ways to hate something you love is to turn it into your job: