Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
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Genius Borrows nobly.
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They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.
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There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.
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The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals.
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Nothing is new except arrangement.
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Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.
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He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and without any farther ceremony, remove it verbatim into your own... there are fools enough to be thus drawn into an opinion of the work; at least, such a flourishing train of attendants will give your book a fashionable air, and recommend it for sale.
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When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research.
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Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to distinguish between tradition and plagiarism?
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The only 'ism' hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.
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What is originality Undetected plagiarism.
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If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.
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Perish those who said our good things before we did.
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Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
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Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research.
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Plagiarists at least have the quality of preservation.
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I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
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The only "ism" hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
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Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
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When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism but when you take it from many writers, it's research.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
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