# Quote — Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!

> "Dumpster diving" is one of the jobs of the artist— finding the treasure in other people's trash, sifting through the debris of our culture, paying attention to the stuff that everyone else is ignoring, and taking inspiration from the stuff that people have tossed aside for whatever reasons. [...] All it takes to uncover hidden gems is a clear eye, an open mind, and a willingness to search for inspiration in places other people aren't willing or able to go.

- Author: [Austin Kleon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/austin-kleon.md)
- Book: [Show Your Work!](https://www.leafyquotes.com/austin-kleon/show-your-work.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Austin_Kleon#Show_Your_Work!_(2014)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/austin-kleon/show-your-work/dumpster-diving-is-one

## More from this book

> If you're only pointing to your own stuff online, you're doing it wrong. [...] If you want to get, you have to give. If you want to be noticed, you have to notice. Shut up and listen once in a while.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/austin-kleon/show-your-work/if-youre-only.md)

> When you feel like you've learned whatever there is to learn from what you're doing, it's time to change course and find something new to learn so that you can move forward. You can't be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/austin-kleon/show-your-work/when-you-feel.md)

> It is actually true that life is all about "who you know". But who you know is largely dependent on who you are and what you do, and the people you know can't do anything for you if you're not doing good work.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/austin-kleon/show-your-work/it-is-actually.md)