“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.”
“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.”
“Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author.”
“I’m not stealing it. We’re stranded. This is called borrowing.” “This is called you’re crazy.”