When you make a thing, a thing that is new, it is so complicated making it that it is bound to be ugly. But those that make it after you, they don't have to worry about making it. And they can make it pretty, and so everybody can like it when others make it after you.
-Picasso
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I often quote this in paraphrase: “The innovator makes it ugly and the derivator makes it beautiful.”
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I know, I read it. That's why I went to look for the original. (great acceptance speech, by the way)
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Wait - is PP is an unsung hero while those who stood on the shoulders of this giant were rained upon with glory not entirely earned? That... challenges my model.
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