Artists Steal Quotes

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

— Banksy

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

— Igor Stravinsky

“Picasso Good authors copy, great artists steal"-Picassco”

— Walter Isaacson

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

— Lionel Trilling

I steal from every single movie ever made. I love it - if my work has anything it's that I'm taking this…

— Quentin Tarantino

Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done…

— Steve Jobs

“You know what Picasso says. ‘Bad artists copy, good artists steal.”

— Donna Tartt

“Picasso said “good artists copy but great artists steal.”

— Sean Patrick

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

— Pablo Picasso

Art is theft”) and Igor Stravinsky (“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”), I’ve always stolen from the people I admire – not…

— Austin Kleon

“As Pablo Picasso (no slouch at theft himself) put it, “Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.”

— Daniel Coyle

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

— Pablo Picasso

The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal.

— Lionel Trilling