Quote by Malcolm Mclaren
Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. – Malcolm Mclaren

Other quotes by Malcolm Mclaren

Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success. – Malcolm Mclaren

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Failure
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Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures – youve just got to be sure that its a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed. – Malcolm Mclaren

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Failure
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Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you dont have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you cant write songs, no problem – simply steal one and change it to your taste. – Malcolm Mclaren

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Attitude
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Plagiarism
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. – Herman Melville

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Plagiarism

Copy from one, its plagiarism; copy from two, its research. – Wilson Mizner

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Plagiarism

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism. – W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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Plagiarism

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

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Plagiarism

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