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What does it mean?
He hopes his art technique becomes so common that individual authorship becomes irrelevant.
In plain terms
He wants so many people to use his method that your cant tell his work apart.
What can you take from it?
Make your work so accessible that ownership disappears.

Where it applies

  • teaching art techniques
  • open source projects

Putting it to work

  • share your creative methods widely

Questions to consider

  • Do you want credit or just participation?
  • What if everyone used your style?

Another view

Losing authorship can reduce personal recognition.

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