Pablo Picasso is thought to have said, “good artists copy; great artists steal.” In this context, to “steal” means to take another’s work and make it your own – it’s a process of transformation, not appropriation. Austin Kleon celebrated this kind of stealing in his best-selling book, Steal Like an Artist.
“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before.” Therefore, “your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.”
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