it's how you flip it

"it's not what you say... it's how you say it"

- mac dre

"no idea's original, there's nothin new under the sun
it's never what you do, but how it's done
what, you base your happiness around material, women, and large paper
that means you inferior, not major"
- nas

and of course:
"good artists copy, great artists steal"
- pablo picasso

it is definitely true that the more creativity you take in, the more creativity you are able to produce. regardless of whether or not the input of creativity is in the same medium or genre or realm as the art you wish you create.