“Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
“Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”
“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”
“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.”
“Thackeray's a good writer and Flaubert is a great artist. Trollope is a good writer and Dickens is a great artist. Colette is a very good writer and Proust is a great artist. Katherine Anne Porter was an extremely good writer and Willa Cather was a great artist.”