"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others."
~ Picasso
"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others." ~ Picasso
Follow another’s path and you become the other, not yourself.
Frederick E. Dodson • Parallel Universes of Self
competitors will see what you’ve produced and copy it.
Ross Simmonds • Create Once, Distribute Forever: How Great Creators Spread Their Ideas and How You Can Too
there's a few important events that happen in the early life of Pablo Picasso. One, he experiences intense competition. This is going to lead him to develop his own style and then go to where there's less competition. Picasso seems to have grasped quite early on that he would not get to the top in the field of conventional painting.
Founders Notes
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” —Pablo Picasso
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
The writer Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.