flâneur

Linh Phan

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  • When you share your favorite books, you meet the people who love those kinds of books, too.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • Connecting with a book is so much about being the right reader in the right place at the right time. You have to feel free to skip books, quit books, or maybe even come back to them later. A book that isn’t for you may be the perfect book for somebody else. Unless you’re a book critic, you’re not obligated to pass judgment. Just say, “It wasn’t for me.” The beautiful thing is: “Me” is always changing. You’re a different you today than you were yesterday. That book that wasn’t for you today might be just the right book for you tomorrow.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • You don’t have to go that far into the past to discover things that we’ve already forgotten about. Cracking a book that’s only a quarter of a century old can be like opening a chest of buried treasure. Visit your own past, too. Re-read your favorites. A book is “shelf-stable,” but you are constantly changing, so every time you pick up an old book, it becomes a new book.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • Seneca said if you read old books, you get to add all the years the author lived to your own life.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • “I don’t believe in guilty pleasures... If you like something, like it.” —Dave Grohl We all love things that other people think are garbage. You have to have the courage to keep loving your garbage. What makes us unique is the diversity and breadth of our influences, the unique ways in which we mix up the parts of the culture others have deemed “high” and “low.” When you find something you genuinely enjoy, don’t let anyone make you feel bad about it. Love what you love.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • A big part of reading is visiting other worlds, and you can’t visit another world if you’re constantly distracted by this one.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • Every hour you spend inching through a boring book is an hour you could’ve spent plowing through a brilliant one.
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon
  • “If a book is tedious to you, don’t read it; that book was not written for you.” —Jorge Luis Borges
    How to read like an artist - Austin Kleon