Quotes: George Sowden

"[Ettore] Sottsass didn't care about copyright and neither do Nathalie [Du Pasquier] and I. People who copy designs aren't worth bothering about: they don't know what to do themselves and in that sense it is quite sad. They are using someone else's energy and diluting it. Creativity is a sacred thing, and if there's a copy of a copy of a copy, it doesn't produce anything except stupidity." 

–– George Sowden (b. 1942), British designer and product developer 

Source: Emma Love. 'Working in Memphis.' Elle Decoration UK, March 2016, p. 136-141. Quote is from page 141. 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 91. 

Quotes: Linda Montgomery

"When you do any kind of creative work there is an energy to it. This energy is made up of everything that is you, your personality, your life experience, the books you have read, the things that you are drawn to as a human being. This energy gives the work life and this is what people respond to when they see it. When someone copies you, their work will not have this same life or energy. It will not have the essence of you and consequently it will have a flatness to it." 

–– Linda Montgomery, French-born Canadian illustrator, OCADU professor

Source: August 5, 2010 kerismith.com 

via Sketchbook 11, 2010, p. 149