Art Quote by Daniel Coyle

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

— Sean Patrick

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

— Donna Tartt

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

— Walter Isaacson

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

— Igor Stravinsky

It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.

— Pablo Picasso

“A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody”

— Pablo Picasso

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

— Austin Kleon

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

— Walter Isaacson

Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.

— Ned Rorem

“How does an artist look at the world? First, you figure out what's worth stealing, then you move on to the next thing.”

— Austin Kleon

Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.

— Ned Rorem

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

— Banksy