Kurt Vonnegut on words+pictures as a derivative work

Apropos of the (extensive) recent discussion on this list:

"If only it weren't illustrated!" I said to
Wirtanen angrily.
"That makes a difference?" he said.
"It's mutilation!" I said.  "The pictures are
bound to mutilate the
words.  Those words weren't meant to have pictures with
them!  With
pictures, they aren't the same words!"
--Kurt Vonnegut, _Mother Night_, ch. 36
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<quote who="James Grimmelmann" date="Tue,
Apr 17, 2007 at 11:09:08AM -0400">
> Apropos of the (extensive) recent discussion on this
list:
> 
> "If only it weren't illustrated!" I said to
Wirtanen angrily.
> "That makes a difference?" he said.
> "It's mutilation!" I said.  "The
pictures are bound to mutilate the
> words.  Those words weren't meant to have pictures with
them!  With
> pictures, they aren't the same words!"
> --Kurt Vonnegut, _Mother Night_, ch. 36

Thanks James!  I should reread Mother Night.

Later,
Mako

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Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so
far as society is free to use the results. --RMS

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