Happy Friday to all of you!

I received this question from an MFA student.  I would know how to answer if it were use of an image in her artwork, but not the use of words:

I'm wondering about the ethics and laws regarding using poetry that is not in the public domain within someone's artwork. I've been thinking about referencing some poems in my pieces, but I wasn't sure what is allowed and what isn't.

Is permission required?  Does citing the source material (like in a term paper or thesis) in materials about the artwork cover it? 

Any ideas, suggestions, guidelines would be most helpful!

Best,
Moira
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Moira Steven, Library Director
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Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being. —Carl G. Jung

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