If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art. If you can talk brilliantly enough about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. Immature artists imitate.
Mature artists steal.
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. In the fight between you and the world, back the world. It is better to be quotable than to be honest. It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.