"I think I need to keep being creative, not to prove anything but because it makes me happy just to do it . . . I think trying to be creative, keeping busy, has a lot to do with keeping you alive."Â ---Willie Nelson
Artinya, "Saya pikir saya perlu untuk terus menjadi kreatif, bukan untuk membuktikan sesuatu, tetapi (kreatifitas) membuat saya bahagia hanya dengan melakukan hal-hal kreatif... saya pikir, mencoba untuk kreatif, tetap sibuk, ada banyak hal untuk dilakukan..."
Finish each day and be done with it. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself. You can be woke without waking to the news. "Creative" is not a noun. Your real work is play. Ignore the numbers. Where there is no gift, there is no art. -- Austin Kleon.
Austin Kleon juga menunjukkan pentingnya bekerja secara benar-benar manual. Jika kamu ingin terus menjaga sensitifitas kreatifitas yang kamu miliki. Kamu perlu punya dua meja kerja. Satu untuk bekerja secara "total manual". Â Tanpa gawai sama sekali. Sedangkan meja berikutnya, tempat dimana kamu mendigitalkan hasil karya.
Who are you trying to impress? If you get lucky one day and a big audience shows up for what you do, chances are there will be only a handful of people whose opinion means anything to you, so you might as well identify those people now, make gifts for them, and keep making gifts for them... -- Austin Kleon.
Untuk membuat karya yang spesial, kamu perlu membayangkan sedang membuat sebuah "cinderamata" untuk seorang sahabat. Dengan niat yang tulus, hasil karyamu akan terasa lebih personal, menyentuh dan berkesan secara emosional.
"What I'm really concerned about is reaching one person." ---Jorge Luis Borges
"Let's slow down, not in pace or wordage but in nerves."Â ---John Steinbeck
When your job is to see things other people don't, you have to slow down enough that you can actually look. In an age obsessed with speed, slowing down requires special training. -- Austin Kleon
"For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. That's pretty much all the info you need."---Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are." ---Jos Ortega y Gassett
