Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Quote of the Day

Words matter.  Artists love to trot out the tired line, "My work speaks for itself," but the truth is, our work doesn't speak for itself.  Human beings want to know where things came from, how they were made, and who made them.  The stories you tell about the work you do have a huge effect on how people feel and what they understand about your work, and how people feel and what they understand about your work effects how they value it.

-- Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!, p. 93

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