Art Quote by Pablo Picasso

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

— Pablo Picasso

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

— Sean Patrick

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

— Donna Tartt

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently…

— Oscar Wilde

“Look, I don't see why bad artists - I mean artists who are obviously incompetent... - why they should be presented hypocritically as good…

— Anthony Burgess

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

— Daniel Coyle

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

— Steve Jobs

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently…

— Oscar Wilde

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

— Banksy

“as a copy she was not a very good copy. There were differences. She was not one of His best efforts. There is a…

— Elaine Morgan

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

— Walter Isaacson