Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Quoted in: The Artist, Vol. 93 (1978) p. 5.
1970s
“Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.”
Source: Death on the Air and Other Stories
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William Godwin (1756–1836) English journalist, political philosopher and novelist
"Of Choice in Reading", The Enquirer (1797)
“A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.”
Earl Nightingale (1921–1989) American motivational speaker
Source: Lead the Field
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.”
Moses Hadas (1900–1966) American classical philologist
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 166 (10 September 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Georg Brandes (1842–1927) Danish literature critic and scholar
Source: An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism (1889), p. 20
Nina Paley (1968) US animator, cartoonist and free culture activist
"Copying Is Not Theft - let the re-recording begin! (15 December 2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djVaJN0f0VQ ; also quoted in "Calling All Musicians: Can You Arrange This Song?" at QuestionCopyright.org http://questioncopyright.org/copying_isnt_theft · "We Are Creators Too: Nina Paley " (2009) — introduced by Paley singing a variant of the first stanza of her song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uN7upUXSFk · "Copying Is Not Theft - Official Version" (1 April 2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4 <br class="br">Context: Copying is not theft<br>Stealing a thing leaves one less left<br>Copying it makes one thing more<br>That's what copying's for.<br>Copying isn't theft<br>If I copy yours, you have it too<br>One for me and one for you<br>That's what copies can do.<br>If I steal your bicycle,<br>You have to take the bus<br>But if I just copy it,<br>There's one for each of us!<br>Making more of a thing<br>That is what we call copying<br>Sharing ideas with everyone<br>That's why copying...<br>... Is fun!