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Art Reproductions and Plagiarism How does one draw the line between inspiration and stolen artwork?

Art Reproductions and Original ArtWork "Good artists copy, great artists steal." Pablo Picasso had once said. When it comes to art, some people admire, some copy, and some steal. Artists have a lot to gain or lose over their artwork. It is their livelihood. Plus art reproductions can take weeks and weeks of effort to produce one single artwork. While crediting an artist is also a common practice, everyone has their own doubts about a piece of art being copied. However, there are a handful of people who also like to term the practice as 'inspiration'. Hence you might feel it is justified for an artist to fight for their original artwork. But one person who won't share this opinion with you is legendary writer, Mark Twain. He once, wrote to his friend Helen Keller talking about an allegation of plagiarism against her. "The kernel, the soul - let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances - is plagiarism." He strongly believed that whenever a person came up with an idea, he or she had just added to a large bulk of substance that was already present. He used the example of a speech. He pointed out that leaders use the words of a 1000 other leaders from the past and call it a 'speech'. In the same way, a film based on true events must "steal" from everyday lingo to form dialogues that are remembered for many years. Even fictional universes in novels are often inspired by one another. Does that make the work of an author any lesser?

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