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Steve Jobs attributed the quote “Good artists copy; great artists steal.”
However, the original adage seems to originate from 1892
“Great poets imitate and improve, whereas small ones steal and spoil.
Steve Jobs was a great enough artist that he even stole the quote holy shit 🤯