[Originality] doesn't really exist. The idea that something can be said to be truly original is laughable. There is no immaculate conception. Everything comes from somewhere. Everything contains elements of something else. If we were ever to be confronted with an artefact or an idea that was genuinely original we wouldn't be able to see it or understand it. We wouldn't have any reference points with which to identify it.
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Just as our biological life is made possible by the ability of our cells to replicate themselves, so too does our creative life depend on our ability to replicate forms, ideas and expressions that already exist. We are all copyists —and we should be glad.
Adrian Shaughnessy
The Myth of Originality and the Joy of Copying
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