Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal — and Every Artist Belongs to a “We”

People say AI is “ruining creativity,” but the real issue is pride of authorship.
Every artist stands on someone else’s shoulders. Your voice is a remix of your heroes.

As Picasso said: Good artists copy, great artists steal.
That isn’t theft—it’s inheritance. Art evolves by recombining what came before.

Purists hate AI because it exposes that truth. They want art to feel solitary and sacred, when it’s always been communal and gloriously impure.

There’s nothing new under the sun—only new ways for the light to hit.