It would depend on how transformative the work is. There is in fact a whole art form where people cut out words from different newspapers and books, for exampl

It would depend on how transformative the work is. There is in fact a whole art form where people cut out words from different newspapers and books, for example, and re-arrange those words to form new and interesting art. So there are ways in which such a work would be a creative work, and ways it which it would not, and it would depend on the particular instance and example.