Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. Paul Cezanne
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. Sebastian Bach
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. Quentin Crisp
Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, original... and the rest are generally following on, copying. Hugh Hopper
When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating. Jack White
