The "great artists steal" line comes not from Picasso but from T.S. Eliot. Lots of previous discussion about this: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=picasso+eliot#!/co

The "great artists steal" line comes not from Picasso but from T.S. Eliot. Lots of previous discussion about this: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=picasso+eliot#!/comment/forever/0/picasso https://hn.algolia.com/?q=picasso+eliot#!/comment/forever/0/... eliot The line that elliots (not to be confused with T.S. Eliot!) quoted turns out to be authentic, though—or at least there's some evidence for it: http://books.google.com/books?id=OJTKZeXaUvkC&lpg=PA53&dq=%22You%20should%20constantly%20try%20to%20paint%20like%20someone%20else%22&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q=%22You%20should%20constantly%20try%20to%20paint%20like%20someone%20else%22&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=OJTKZeXaUvkC&lpg=PA53&dq=%2...