“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The

“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn.” https://www.benshoemate.com/2012/08/02/what-does-it-mean-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/ https://www.benshoemate.com/2012/08/02/what-does-it-mean-goo...