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"I mean Picasso had a saying he said good artists copy great artists steal."

-1996 PBS documentary "trilogy of the nerds"

the story behind it

After Steve Jobs left Apple, he not only created NEXT, but also acquired george lucas's computer special effects team to complete the highly successful Toy Story. In 1996, Apple's board of directors bought NEXT, and Jobs returned to Apple, and the king returned.

The graphical interface is actually a technology acquired from Xerox.

learn from idols

it is difficult to draw a line between learning and plagiarism, and it is also difficult to separate plagiarism from theft. Jobs admired Picasso all his life, because that sentence, good designers copied and great designers stole.

as long as you love it, what you love is your own.

I don't think the meaning of this sentence is to encourage designers to copy, but to stand on the shoulders of giants and make the ideas borrowed better.

the inspiration of design, the most primitive objects all come from our experiences-early memories, conversations between friends, and observation of surrounding things. The limitation is obvious, but if you can refer to other people's ideas, add your own ideas and make it look brand-new. But this is plagiarism.

What about theft? It should be that this idea just fits in with this use environment and maximizes its effectiveness.

the difference between plagiarism and stealing is that the former can make greatness last, while stealing can make it reborn.

One of the secrets of creation is to know how to hide your source-Einstein.

Ordinary people imitate first and then continue, while experts use it first and then regenerate.