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What happened to 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'?

Comment by Ernie Simpson on February 20, 2007

If you make a painting in the style of a well-known artist, have you stolen something from him/her? No. Even if you paint a version of their most famous work, as long as the work is yours and you don't try to pass it off as not yours, then you are also in the clear. What if your version is better than the original? Should we protect bad art from improvement?

Quark is a pariah

Comment by Ernie Simpson on April 13, 2004

Pamela Pfiffner said; "What it comes down to is this: Quark has such a horrible reputation that no one wants to give it the benefit of the doubt." -end snip

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