Shawna LemayI pastiche, I quote, I lie. Fake, forge, forage, fabricate, copy, borrow, transform, steal. I illusion. I’m a genuine deceiver, a shy sham artist.
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Pablo Picasso said, “I pastiche, I quote, I lie. Fake, forge, forage, fabricate, copy, borrow, transform, steal. I illusion. I’m a genuine deceiver, a shy sham artist.” He was speaking about the art of deception and how one can be both an artist and a deceiver at the same time.
In this quote he is acknowledging that there is a difference between being a true artist and a fake artist. The artist creates something real from their imagination and makes it look real in the eyes of the public. They make it look as though they are not faking it or making it up as they go along.
The fake artist will try to make their work look as though it came from a place of originality but they will actually use other people's works as their inspiration. The false artist will try to create something that looks just like the original but they will have to use other people's work as their basis if they want any chance of success.
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