Good artists copy; great artists steal
True originality transforms influences into something new
Good artists copy; great artists steal in a sentence
“Make your influences so deeply your own they become original.”
Origin of Good artists copy; great artists steal
Pablo Picasso (also attributed to T.S. Eliot, Stravinsky)
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