Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.
Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy.
The only art I'll ever study is stuff I can steal from.
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.
Never hesitate to steal a good idea.
God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.
An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas.
There are a lot of photographers who have influenced me; some of the great ones, like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, and [Alfred] Stieglitz. I draw from all of them. You're supposed to steal from the good ones.
I would never steal a friend's idea for a baby name, ever!
I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.
All writers steal. You might as well steal from the best.
I guess when people feel intimidated or they see something having success they steal it. I don't judge 'em for it but I'm starting to notice that.
