“Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.” TryingCharacterWould BeCopiesTemperament Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“If you can’t out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you’re toast anyway.” IfsTryingCopiesToasts Author:Eric Ries
“Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try to trace a perfect circle.” ShouldTryingWellsMightPerfectSeaCirclesCopiesShould IImitationOwl Author:Pablo Picasso
“I recommend that you should work actively... and study the artistic structures of Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian, Watteau, Poussin, and other painters, even Chardin, where he is an artist. Study very closely their dabbing manner of execution and try to copy a small piece of canvas, just one square inch.” ShouldTryingArtistStudyPiecesMastersStructurePainterArtisticJust OneCopiesSquaresInchesExecutionCanvasSmall PiecesRubens Author:Kazimir Malevich
“Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.” PeopleTryingStyleClaimsSellsPaintAgentsCopiesRepresentativesPublishersExclusivePlagiarism Author:LeRoy Neiman
“Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you're doing. Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingHumansMadeIdeasDoneArtistInspiringHappenedPoetTasteComputerMusicianScientistStealingBest ThingsMemorableBeing The BestCopiesHistorianGreat ArtGreat IdeaGreat ArtistGood ArtShamelessGood ArtistMacintoshZoologist Author:Steve Jobs
“I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it.” TryingLittlesBitsLittle BitCopiesNature Love Author:Elsa Peretti
“Search marketing, and most Internet marketing in fact, can be very threatening because there are no rules. There’s no safe haven. To do it right, you need to be willing to be wrong. But search marketing done right is all about being wrong. Experimentation is the only way. No one really knows whether that page will rank #1 in Google; no one really knows which paid search copy will get the highest click rate. Even experts can’t tell you which content will attract the most links. You just have to try it and see.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingDoneFactsHavensWillingInternetSafeHighestPagesPaidRateMarketingExpertsCopiesLinksGoogleThreateningClicksExperimentationBeing WrongSafe HavenInternet Marketing Author:Mike Moran