"Art Is 99 Percent Robbery"

Youve probably heard the saying before that Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

Another way to look at it: Art is 99 percent robbery.

Steal Like an Artistauthor Austin Kleon created the image above as one of his newspaper blackout poems.

Your art and your ideas dont have to be 100% original (and probably cant be).

After stealing from the best, the one percent that you put into it thats yours is enough.

99 percent robbery| Austin Kleon