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> [You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/you-ve-got-to-be-able-to-copy-things-faithfully-before-you-can-deviate/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/damien-hirst-3219_able_you-ve-got-to-be-able-to-copy-things-fai_371082.jpg)

> [I never liked to copy things that are out there. I always like to come up with something new, something different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-robinson/i-never-liked-to-copy-things-that-are-out-there-i-always-like-to-come/)

[Sylvia Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/sylvia-robinson-55342_always_i-never-liked-to-copy-things-that-are-ou_639307.jpg)

> [We all are influenced by things and copy things, but often where there is a certain level of copying, only the surface…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-fulford/we-all-are-influenced-by-things-and-copy-things-but-often-where-there/)

[Jason Fulford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-fulford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/jason-fulford-71846_appropriation_we-all-are-influenced-by-things-and-copy_2065716.jpg)

> [If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-want-to-write-good-copy-you-must-be-where-the-things-are/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/anonymous-1_copies_if-you-want-to-write-good-copy-you-must_2121398.jpg)

> [If you look at items of clothing like denim or polo shirts, they came from someone else's idea and everyone now makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-fujiwara/if-you-look-at-items-of-clothing-like-denim-or-polo-shirts-they-came/)

[Hiroshi Fujiwara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-fujiwara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/hiroshi-fujiwara-26897_communicate_if-you-look-at-items-of-clothing-like-de_2203431.jpg)

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