Shannon Taylor HodnettArt builds upon art, builds upon art...nothing is purely original. We're all inspired by something...or someone. It's a never-ending chain of ideas...and it's magical.
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The quote "Art builds upon art, builds upon art…nothing is purely original. We're all inspired by something…or someone. It's a never-ending chain of ideas…and it's magical" was written by the artist Robert Rauschenberg. He wrote this quote in response to a question that was posed by another artist, Roy Lichtenstein.
The question suggested that if an artist were an apple tree, then their apples would be original. But, there are so many different types of apples in the world that there would be no way to know which one was theirs. Robert Rauschenberg suggested that his apples were better because he grew them from seeds planted in his head by other artists.
The other artists shared his seed and created new ideas for him to work with. The process of sharing ideas is what makes art magical.
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