“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”
“Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”
“Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
“The difference between a good artist and a bad one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal, the good one really does.”
“Immature artists imitate.Mature artists steal.”
“I pastiche, I quote, I lie. Fake, forge, forage, fabricate, copy, borrow, transform, steal. I illusion. I’m a genuine deceiver, a shy sham artist.”