Behind the Scenes
Thief!
Alexandre Dumas said: The man of genius does not steal, he conquers.
And Robert Schumann said: Talent works, genius creates.
And Oscar Wilde said: Talent borrows; genius steals
And Pablo Picasso said: Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Or maybe Pablo Picasso said: The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
And Igor Stravinsky said: Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
And T.S. Eliot said: One of the surest tests is the way in which a poet borrows. 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; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion. A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest.
This assumes all language is theft.
who knows if Banksy saw someone else pull this stunt, and then decided to the do the same…?
vaguely related: http://www.jason-huff.com/projects/autosummarize/
i downloaded then looked through that thing, and wondered for a bit whether or not “Jason Huff” had actually created anything original with this project.
though i must say… his version of “The Metamorphosis” is chillingly spot-on. all hail the computer!
I just made a short found poem. It is copyright protected.
All language assumes
this is theft.
I’ve heard these quotes so much that they’ve become vaguely irritating.
Prose with line breaks isn’t poetry, bud.
i am a great poet
i mean artist
I think you just wish you could write an anapest.
I also think you wish you knew what that meant, you prose rapist.
I can’t find a way to agree with the statements without saying that I believe I am a thief.
nice
do you use anapests
is “what the fuck” an anapest
You mean artist?
Pretty sure there’s a Brecht quote along these lines.
And he would know.
Lily, I like to think of you mumbling yr post drunk in a parking garage after a Timberwolves home game at the Target Center, flashing that photo at occasional passersby or question marks fresh from a show at First Avenue. Which is to say I love it.
“We [artists] are all engaged in looting from the past. (Only the greatest geniuses manage to steal from the future.)” – Donald Barthelme
Of all the things to be condescending about.
What a bore.
@Stu You write very dull sentences. Low compositional standards?
This assumes all language is theft.
Khaki Jeans,
You have officially rocked me to the core of my being with this oh so very illuminating truth about the quality of my sentences. I will quit writing and defer to you as the preeminent poet/mind of our generation.
You controls our mindz.
I just made a short found poem. It is copyright protected.
All language assumes
this is theft.
I’ve heard these quotes so much that they’ve become vaguely irritating.
Prose with line breaks isn’t poetry, bud.
i am a great poet
i mean artist
I think you just wish you could write an anapest.
I also think you wish you knew what that meant, you prose rapist.
if you walked up to a caveman painting his cave up for his woman all nice like and such and you asked him hey man aren’t you stealing the sky there guy you know like the trees the animals the earth the everything you know he would just prolly grunt and throw a sharp bone at you and say yes and no and so what who asked you anyway i’m just painting my room go away now thank you goodbye
I can’t find a way to agree with the statements without saying that I believe I am a thief.
nice
do you use anapests
is “what the fuck” an anapest
You mean artist?
Does 7th Street Entry still exist? Does the New French still celebrate Bastille Day?
Does 7th Street Entry still exist? Does the New French still celebrate Bastille Day?
Pretty sure there’s a Brecht quote along these lines.
And he would know.
Lily, I like to think of you mumbling yr post drunk in a parking garage after a Timberwolves home game at the Target Center, flashing that photo at occasional passersby or question marks fresh from a show at First Avenue. Which is to say I love it.
“We [artists] are all engaged in looting from the past. (Only the greatest geniuses manage to steal from the future.)” – Donald Barthelme
Of all the things to be condescending about.
What a bore.
@Stu You write very dull sentences. Low compositional standards?
what if the prose be poetic bud
what if the prose be poetic bud
Khaki Jeans,
You have officially rocked me to the core of my being with this oh so very illuminating truth about the quality of my sentences. I will quit writing and defer to you as the preeminent poet/mind of our generation.
You controls our mindz.
if you walked up to a caveman painting his cave up for his woman all nice like and such and you asked him hey man aren’t you stealing the sky there guy you know like the trees the animals the earth the everything you know he would just prolly grunt and throw a sharp bone at you and say yes and no and so what who asked you anyway i’m just painting my room go away now thank you goodbye
Does 7th Street Entry still exist? Does the New French still celebrate Bastille Day?
I was playing. I said that because KW said in another thread: “[A]ny idiot can write prose with line breaks, frame it with a title, and call it a poem.” Dude is mad pedantic.
I was playing. I said that because KW said in another thread: “[A]ny idiot can write prose with line breaks, frame it with a title, and call it a poem.” Dude is mad pedantic.
what if the prose be poetic bud
this is kinda romantic ;)
this is kinda romantic ;)
or he’d say: mine. which is what i would say.
or he’d say: mine. which is what i would say.
Thank you, Stephen. Sadly, I don’t drink. I’m allergic. Which is not to say I wouldn’t do everything else described above while completely sober. That’s just the kind of gal I am.
Thank you, Stephen. Sadly, I don’t drink. I’m allergic. Which is not to say I wouldn’t do everything else described above while completely sober. That’s just the kind of gal I am.
I was playing. I said that because KW said in another thread: “[A]ny idiot can write prose with line breaks, frame it with a title, and call it a poem.” Dude is mad pedantic.
this is kinda romantic ;)
I just wrote another found poem. It is severely copyright protected.
An anapest prose rapist
I wish you just
I meant that wish
Could write, just you
You think also
You meant
Think
You knew
What.
I just wrote another found poem. It is severely copyright protected.
An anapest prose rapist
I wish you just
I meant that wish
Could write, just you
You think also
You meant
Think
You knew
What.
or he’d say: mine. which is what i would say.
Thank you, Stephen. Sadly, I don’t drink. I’m allergic. Which is not to say I wouldn’t do everything else described above while completely sober. That’s just the kind of gal I am.
@d 8/11/2010, 3:30pm: You’re welcome! You love the form and yeah, it’s great for insults. Keep it up. You’ll get the hang of it if you keep practicing.
@d 8/11/2010, 3:30pm: You’re welcome! You love the form and yeah, it’s great for insults. Keep it up. You’ll get the hang of it if you keep practicing.
Khakjaan Wessington
you seem like a ‘dude who knows the names of things’
what is the name of that thing where you repeat something but switch its order the second time? Shakespeare did it sometimes. other people did it, too.
this has been upsetting me for weeks.
(in the original sense of the word)
Khakjaan Wessington
you seem like a ‘dude who knows the names of things’
what is the name of that thing where you repeat something but switch its order the second time? Shakespeare did it sometimes. other people did it, too.
this has been upsetting me for weeks.
(in the original sense of the word)
I just wrote another found poem. It is severely copyright protected.
An anapest prose rapist
I wish you just
I meant that wish
Could write, just you
You think also
You meant
Think
You knew
What.
@Donald:
Are you talking about palindromes? (i’m not the dude whi knows teh namez, but still).
@Donald:
Are you talking about palindromes? (i’m not the dude whi knows teh namez, but still).
Cavedude might be pissed to see a better version of his painting in the cave next door.
Cavedude might be pissed to see a better version of his painting in the cave next door.
Picasso, without passing judgment: “Art is theft.”
Picasso, without passing judgment: “Art is theft.”
@Donald Epanados
@Donald Epanados
[…] Being the first to “turn a phrase” – Steal someone else’s instead and pretend it’s your […]
@d 8/11/2010, 3:30pm: You’re welcome! You love the form and yeah, it’s great for insults. Keep it up. You’ll get the hang of it if you keep practicing.
Khakjaan Wessington
you seem like a ‘dude who knows the names of things’
what is the name of that thing where you repeat something but switch its order the second time? Shakespeare did it sometimes. other people did it, too.
this has been upsetting me for weeks.
(in the original sense of the word)
@Donald:
Are you talking about palindromes? (i’m not the dude whi knows teh namez, but still).
Cavedude might be pissed to see a better version of his painting in the cave next door.
Picasso, without passing judgment: “Art is theft.”
@Donald Epanados
That’s the stuff, KW. Thank you.
(Special mention to Pemulis, without whom none of this would be possible.)
That’s the stuff, KW. Thank you.
(Special mention to Pemulis, without whom none of this would be possible.)
that could be a slogan: “Do you anapest?”
That’s the stuff, KW. Thank you.
(Special mention to Pemulis, without whom none of this would be possible.)
Analpest
Analpest
Could write, just you.
Could think, you write.
You meant you think you knew what you could think, you write.
You knew what you could write, you think.
Just think what you could write, you think.
Just write what you could think, you meant.
Just write, just think, just you, you meant.
I wish you just that wish, meant I.
Could write, just you.
Could think, you write.
You meant you think you knew what you could think, you write.
You knew what you could write, you think.
Just think what you could write, you think.
Just write what you could think, you meant.
Just write, just think, just you, you meant.
I wish you just that wish, meant I.
Analpest
Could write, just you.
Could think, you write.
You meant you think you knew what you could think, you write.
You knew what you could write, you think.
Just think what you could write, you think.
Just write what you could think, you meant.
Just write, just think, just you, you meant.
I wish you just that wish, meant I.
I like stealing shit. Is that what we’re talking about here? I got this little ceramic shot glass from a Chinese restaurant once. It is a little chipped in one spot but I love it.
I like stealing shit. Is that what we’re talking about here? I got this little ceramic shot glass from a Chinese restaurant once. It is a little chipped in one spot but I love it.
picasso was talking about food – the bad artists mime they’re eating, the great artists steal their lunch, dinner, whatever.
banksy sort of sucks either way.
picasso was talking about food – the bad artists mime they’re eating, the great artists steal their lunch, dinner, whatever.
banksy sort of sucks either way.
I like stealing shit. Is that what we’re talking about here? I got this little ceramic shot glass from a Chinese restaurant once. It is a little chipped in one spot but I love it.
picasso was talking about food – the bad artists mime they’re eating, the great artists steal their lunch, dinner, whatever.
banksy sort of sucks either way.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/02/vile_poetry_hardly_worst_detri.php