Ideas from others can always be improved on. I'm a career artist, I look at as much art as possible. You're right too, I don't directly copy work out of respect for other artists. It's unspoken rule among true creative people.
I like what the 19th century French poet Rimbaud said about it (in regard to future poets): "There will come other workers; they will begin at the horizons where he has expired."
Inspiration implies respect for the artist though, right? You talk like a genuinely creative individual.
Ideas from others can always be improved on. I'm a career artist, I look at as much art as possible. You're right too, I don't directly copy work out of respect for other artists. It's unspoken rule among true creative people.
I like what the 19th century French poet Rimbaud said about it (in regard to future poets): "There will come other workers; they will begin at the horizons where he has expired."