The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources
- Albert Einstein
I can’t possibly completely agree with this quote but I think there’s a lot of meaning to it, than I can see through, at least.
Let’s talk in bloggers perspective. I believe that we all take inspiration from all around, designing our sites, writing content etc, but how often do you credit the source ? Is it a good idea to let people know that you’re inspired from another person ? Does it make you insecure ?
People think differently, so it may not be right to make a guess here. Personally, I think it takes a lot of guts to let others know that you’re inspired , and you’d be comfortable doing it only if you believe in it. If you prefer to hide it, won’t it let you down ? Its difficult to find an answer. So, let me ask you readers…
Would you credit your sources while taking inspiration ?
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Would you credit your sources or hide them ?
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I don’t think that Einstein’s quote works fine in the blogsphere in case we’ve been inspired by someone’s post/comment/design to start or own post.
Mentioning them add credibilty for me not the contrary.
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Hey Mani, In my case (a medicine blog) I always link to the source since credibility is what I try to obtain. In addition, recently I had to start incluiding references in order to make my posts more similar to printed publications.
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Mani Karthik
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I agree Flavio. Thanks for the recommendation as well, in fact, I’ve tried out all the plugins, but am trying to be too kind to Matt, may be
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I do credit my image and fact sources if I can find them…..but most of my blog posts are based on personal experiences
If it was an inspiration, I would usually link to the site and continue with the discussion.
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Mani Karthik
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I’m sure many would agree to you
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The quote looks interesting, I asked Binny VA about this (he is really read and knows lots of quotes, you might remember from the beat-up)
He said: Its not a wise advice – its a humorous quote. Something like ‘Creativity is great – but plagiarism is faster” or “Stealing from one is plagiarism – but stealing from many is research”.
Also have a look at this: http://idek.net/H5q . This also looks like a satisfactory explanation
From the above link :
“He’s saying that a great person isn’t someone who has no sources – who derives everything himself – he’s one who makes the sources unimportant”
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Mani Karthik
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Nice discussion there, I think its a quote that’s widely misintrepreted as well.
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For me no need of copying content from others, my clients sending me the same. just copy them and format upload
, if it taken from somewhere definitely giving credit to source.
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Thank you for given this post….
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anything I use usually I put a link or banner to there site
and sometime I click the ads on there website ^_^`
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One should credit and also give link love
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