Creativity Quote by Michael Shnayerson

Very often there is too little information in photographs to deduce how they were made and even what they represent. We rely on context…

— John Paul Caponigro

If a painting can be forged well enough to fool experts, why is the original so valuable?

— George Carlin

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

— Georges Seurat

Every photograph is a fake from start to finish.

— Edward Steichen

Authenticity is too big a subject to just toss in with the question about the photographs!

— Rachel Kushner

A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.

— Edgar Degas

Different people can photograph the same things with the same tools and create such different images.

— John Paul Caponigro

A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy.

— Edgar Degas

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and…

— James Fenton

Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative.

— Barbara Kruger

Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness.

— H. W. Janson

Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.

— Bai Ling