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Lynda Barry, when blocked, writes her first drafts with a paint brush on legal pads.
“I hang pictures of my favorite artists in my studio. They’re like friendly ghosts. I can almost feel them pushing me forward as I’m hunched over my desk. The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can’t refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.”
— Austin Kleon
Following your work as deep as it needs to go takes an iron constitution.
Jessica Abel • Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life
Oh, look, they said to themselves, it’s a cute little director-shaped thing.
Lena Dunham • Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned
Some of my favorite artists make “to-draw” lists. David Shrigley will make a huge list of fifty things to draw a week in advance. Having the list means he doesn’t have to waste studio time worrying about what to make. “The simple thing I’ve learned over the years is just to have a starting point and once you have a starting point the work seems to ... See more
Austin Kleon • Keep Going: a book by Austin Kleon
—Daniel Clowes
Austin Kleon • 100 quotes that helped me write
Visions are not complete until they have been set down and stepped away from, turned this way and that in the hand.