Quotes: Plagiarism

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.

Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author’s phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.

If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism. If you steal from two, it’s research.

Composers shouldn’t think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism.

If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.