“Inspiration and stealing are two completely different things. If somebody wants to make a song like "Stairway to Heaven" and writes a song on acoustic guitar, Led Zeppelin does not own every song that's on acoustic guitar for the rest of time.” IfsWantWritingDoeTwoDifferentInspirationSongHeavenGuitarStealingDifferent ThingsAcousticsZeppelinsAcoustic GuitarStairwaysStairway To Heaven Author:Robin Thicke
“Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.” IfsInspirationalPersonsInspirationKnownImportanceGenuineStealing Book:The Notebooks of Samuel Butler Source: The Notebooks of Samuel Butler
“My guitar player calls the process of writing lyrics based on another story, "filling up the well" when you can get inspiration from other people's art without stealing, more being influenced by it.” WritingArtInspirationPlayerStealingGuitar Player Author:Lydia Loveless
“If you're just starting off as an artist, steal as much inspiration from everything you like, as much as you can. Take from books, from poets, from musicians. Just steal stuff from all over the place and then mix it up to make something of your own.” BookInspirationArtistPoetMusicianStealing Author:Yukimi Nagano
“When I am working a book, I go through my library and take a look through some of the great cartoonists of the past, like Cliff Sterrett, who did "Polly and Her Pals," or Winsor McCay who did "A Little Nemo in Slumberland," and Herriman - and I just looked through these guys and looked for somebody to steal. You know, looked for who I could swipe, or turn into - who's work I will turn into my work. And I still use, after all these years, these artists as inspirations. So, here in my eighties, I go back to when I was eight for my inspiration.” BookInspirationPastArtistGuyLibraryStealingCartoonist Author:Jules Feiffer