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The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism, by Jonathan Lethem
That is to say, most artists are converted to art by art itself. Finding one’s voice isn’t just an emptying and purifying oneself of the words of others but an adopting and embracing of filiations, communities, and discourses. Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an [...]

“All statements in language are statements of opinion… so called ’statements of fact’ are only more specific statements of opinion.” W. King & D. Pillinger, Opinion Evidence in Illinois 4 (1942)
“There is no conceivable statement however specific, detailed and ‘factual,’ that is not in some measure the product of inference and reflection as well [...]