“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.”

“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”

“A truth that's told with bad intentBeats all the lies you can invent.”

“The prince's robes and beggar's rags,Are toadstools on the miser's bags.A truth that's told with bad intent,Beats all the lies you can invent”

“Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”

“He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer: For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.”

“A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation. ”