A Quote by Igor Stravinsky
Good composers don't borrow, they steal
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Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
I would beg, borrow, and steal to live in N.Y.C.
Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.
Beg, borrow, steal, Africa needs to build infrastructure.
Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal a job in 1931, 1932... it was really tough.
When every card in the deck is stacked against you, the only way to win a hand is to break the rules. You beg, borrow, and steal, as the old adage goes, and if you happen to get caught in the act, at least you´ve gone down fighting the good fight.
We all borrow and steal and copy from each other, and that's the way I think people get inspired.
When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
Someone very smart once said to me, "Steal, don't borrow." So if there's anything good in anything anyone else does, it's fair game. I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.
I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.
I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.
When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky.
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