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Originally Posted by Crowbob
One of the numerous incongruities I deal with almost daily is the notion that Art (note the capitalization) is as far from originality as can anything be.
There is no such thing as original art. Except, for philosophical musings, in cave dwellings.
The entirety of all Art, as with Math, builds upon what has been already revealed.
The few and rare exceptions, in my dubious distinction as having as having a viable opinion, would be Picasso, Michelangelo, some ancient Chinese guy and those anonymously hairy cavemen in France.
Whenever I have a discussion with learned friends, I premise my thoughts with the outright admission and confession that, I have never had one that is original.
Art is theft.
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This is silly. FOA, @cockerpunk missed the point entirely although his thoughts are not wrong.
AFA the cave dwellings go, the first scratch began the revolution. Everything after that is theft, according to your thesis. Your suggestion that Picasso and Michelangelo are originals is also preposterous. WRT to the 'ancient Chinese guy' see the caveman theory.
And it was Picasso himself that said
art is theft.
So what are you trying to do here?