Austin Kleon? T. S. Eliot? C. E. M. Joad? Ecclesiastes? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: The recent creation of artificial intelligence systems that generate text, images, and videos has caused ferocious controversy and motivated several copyright lawsuits. The current generation of popular AI systems are trained using billions of webpages and billions of images. The …
Tag Archives: T. S. Eliot
The Cat / Dog Is Always On the Wrong Side of the Door
T. S. Eliot? Ogden Nash? Kate Upson Clark? William Lyon Phelps? O. M. Gregor? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Some pets are constantly signaling a desire to enter or leave a domicile. Here are two pertinent expressions: A cat is always on the wrong side of a door. A door is what a dog is perpetually …
Continue reading “The Cat / Dog Is Always On the Wrong Side of the Door”
Most of the Evil in This World Is Done by People with Good Intentions
T. S. Eliot? Ayn Rand? Reinhold Niebuhr? Isabel Paterson? Krister Stendahl? C. S. Lewis? June Bingham? Paul Simon? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Tyrannical systems are often created by people who believe that they have the highest and noblest intentions. Totalitarian countries, theocratic dictatorships, and abusive cults are typically founded and promoted by those who are …
Continue reading “Most of the Evil in This World Is Done by People with Good Intentions”
The Very Existence of Libraries Affords the Best Evidence That We May Yet Have Hope for the Future of Man
T. S. Eliot? Jayne Ann Krentz? Alan Bennett? Apocryphal? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot apparently stated that the establishment of libraries provided compelling evidence that humanity had a future. Would you please help me to find a citation? Quote Investigator: The renowned poet T. S. Eliot died in 1965, and …
Quote Origin: Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal
Steve Jobs? Pablo Picasso? T. S. Eliot? W. H. Davenport Adams? Lionel Trilling? Igor Stravinsky? William Faulkner? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The gifted entrepreneur Steve Jobs made some controversial comments about innovation during his career. He expressed strong agreement with the following aphorism which he ascribed to the famous painter Pablo Picasso: Good artists …
Continue reading “Quote Origin: Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal”