What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.