great artists steal” has been attributed to both Pablo Picasso and Steve Jobs, and it’s a variation on T.S. Eliot’s “immature poets imitate, mature poets steal” quote, but regardless of ...

great artists steal’. There’s a whole raft of history in this quote from W. Davenport Adams, through T.S. Elliot, to Steve Jobs. Jobs attributed the quote to no less than Pablo Picasso.