Steal Like an Artist Art Comp Quiz 1

What did Igor Stravinsky do when he started a new ballet?

• He collaborated with other composers.

• He used only his own previous works.

• He corrected classic manuscripts with a red pen.

• He composed entirely new music.

What was Stravinsky's reply to critics who were outraged by his work?

• Imitation is not flattery.

• Good artists copy, great artists steal.

• Art is theft.

• You 'respect', but I love.

What did the author do to overcome writer's block?

• He began writing in a journal.

• He created newspaper blackout poems.

• He attended a writing workshop.

• He started reading more books.

What is the name of the British artist who inspired the author?

• Brion Gysin

• Tristan Tzara

• William Burroughs

• Tom Phillips

What technique did William Burroughs use that influenced Tom Phillips?

• Abstract painting

• Cut-up method

• Blackout poetry

• Collage art

Who was the poet that performed cut-up poetry on stage in Paris?

• John Lennon

• Caleb Whitford

• Igor Stravinsky

• Tristan Tzara

What did Caleb Whitford do with newspapers in the 1760s?

• He created blackout poems.

• He painted over them.

• He read across the columns for funny combinations.

• He cut them up for poetry.

What is the key to creative theft according to the text?

• Replication is flattery.

• Copying is flattery.

• Imitation is flattery.

• Transformation is flattery.

What did Steve Jobs say about great artists?

• Great artists copy.

• Great artists steal.

• Great artists innovate.

• Great artists imitate.

What did T.S. Eliot say about immature poets?

• Immature poets innovate.

• Immature poets transform.

• Immature poets steal.

• Immature poets imitate.