tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post5130578723585667355..comments2023-07-07T23:45:10.170+12:00Comments on Pointless and absurd: A Picabia poem (to compare with Nietzsche)David Cauchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-74609552460478081132009-08-25T16:08:01.759+12:002009-08-25T16:08:01.759+12:00'If the work of another translates my dream, i...'If the work of another translates my dream, it is mine' – Picabia<br /><br />'242 Suum cuique [To each their own] – However great the greed of my desire for knowledge may be, I still cannot take anything out of things that did not belong to me before; what belongs to others remains behind. How is it possible for a human being to be a thief or robber?'<br /><br />'245 Praise by choice – An artist chooses his subjects; that is his way of praising' – Nietzsche<br /><br />'Picabia's understanding of Nietzsche was sometimes superficial and problematic ... It is questionable to what degree a transformation takes place – either stylistically or conceptually – in Picabia's new contextualisations of Nietzsche ... Picabia's later aphorisms and writings were taken directly from Nietzsche, the specific sources for which have not previously been documented. Providing such documentation should provoke .. a reassessment of Picabia's legacy as a writer – a reassessment that may shift attention from his oft-cited aphorisms...' – Lowenthal<br /><br />It's a self-aggrandising hatchet job.David Cauchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-91733892234459690312009-08-25T14:09:56.814+12:002009-08-25T14:09:56.814+12:00It seems similar enough that it's conceivable ...It seems similar enough that it's conceivable that Picabia was, as you are, getting stuck into some Nietzsche, had a kind of overwhelming "Eureka!" moment of inspiration | influence | whatever and at some point shortly thereafter regurgitated what he had just read back up in his own way and filtered through his own perspective.<br /><br />That basically describes the creative process, to a greater or lesser extent, and call it "plagiarism" is a bit hysterical.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08838859219532123743noreply@blogger.com