Steal Like An Artist: The Book

25 Great Quotes That Didn’t Make It Into Steal Like An Artist

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

I had too many quotes to include in the book, so here are 25 of the best that were left out...

I know a good joke when I see one. - Paul Mooney What we call originality relies on a good deal of imitation, and even a bit of theft. - James Polchin

I'm not an inventor. I steal everything. - Anne Bogart I do not create. God creates. I assemble, and I steal from everywhere to do it. - George Balanchine

You have to steal. Steal whatever you see. - Michael Caine God knows my influences are eclectic. There's hardly anything I haven't filched from at some time or another. - Edward Gorey

I've stolen from the best. I'm a shameless thief. - Woody Allen We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. - Steve Jobs

Don't be afraid to steal, just steal the right stuff. - Mike Monteiro Steal from the best. - Kurt Vonnegut

We're all thieves, I suppose. - John Updike We're all thieving from each other. - Merrill Garbus Tune-Yards

Every writer is a thief. Some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. - Joseph Epstein An artist will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work. - William Faulkner

Steal! Serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own. - Richard Brinsley Sheridan About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. - Josh Billings

There will be certain elements which I will steal to serve as a stretcher for something I'm working on. - Peter Gabriel If you think a man draws the type of hands you want to draw, steal them. Take those hands. - Jack Kirby

I'm pretty purposeful about my grand theft. - James Murphy LCD Soundsystem I rip off everyone I meet. - Wendy MacNaughton

Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king. - Bob Dylan He just stole from me. But I steal from everybody. Why, I'm the biggest song stealer there ever was. - Woody Guthrie

You can't steal a gift. Bird gave the world his music, and if you can hear it, you can have it. - Dizzy Gillespie Rip off something you love. - Jim Coudal

I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on a charge of kleptomania, I do steal, your honor, but only from the best stores. - Thornton Wilder On Sale Now

Sources: Mooney, Polchin, Bogart, Balanchine, Caine, Gorey, Allen, Jobs, Monteiro, Vonnegut, Updike, Garbus, Epstein, Faulkner, Sheridan, Billings, Gabriel, Kirby, Murphy, MacNaughton, Dylan, Guthrie, Gillespie, Coudal, Wilder

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