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Good designers copy, great designers steal This rule is generally considered to be taken from Pablo Picasso’s famous remark: “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” But in a case of life imitating art, Picasso allegedly took the saying from Igor Stravinsky who in turn is thought to have taken it from T.S. Eliot.
“All the old fellows stole our best ideas.” Frederic W. Goudy (1865–1947), American type designer “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American physicist “Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.” Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Russian-born American composer