Analogies Quote by Lukas Foss

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from…

— Lukas Foss

“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

When you steal from an artist you are stealing their blood, sweat and tears.

— Tyler Shields

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

If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into…

— Ezra Pound

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

— Ned Rorem

If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to…

— Ezra Pound

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

— Novalis

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

— Daniel Coyle

There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.

— Mencius

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

— William Faulkner