Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Finnegan wrote: > > I just recently read the book "on being a photographer" by David Hurn and > Bill Jay (highly recommended by the way) and I remember seeing that quote. > After loking it up it was attributed to Calvin Trilling. > > "The immature artist imitates; the mature artist steals." > > To stay on topic, David Hurn was a long time Leica M user, but now the > cheapest least frills Canon EOS body. He was finding it too difficult to > see the 28/35 framelines with his glasses on. Maybe he'll be interested in > the new Konica. > > Tom Finnegan > Seattle > > "One of the lessons you learn is that dogs are very useful in backgrounds!" > > > David Hurn > ******************************************************* > Who said minor artists copy great artists Steal!? > Mark Rabiner > ><Snip> This is why I like this list because I was pretty sure Jobs would misquote Picasso. Was it Calvin Trilling who called the corn dog the great American culinary contribution? Some other Calvin...and a Chili dog. But you're telling us we should listen to a guy who traded in his M6 for a Rebel!? Not the highest plug in ones resumé! The lag time on my Mom's Rebel is around half a minute! Enougth time to blink twice and put in Visine! I take my glasses off or put them on top of my head! Mark Rabiner