29 April 2019 - the masters’ works

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2019 : 29 April 2019

When I look on the masters’ works,
I see what they’ve done, those crafty jerks.
Then I turn back to my bits and bobs
And plan how I can displace the slobs.

clue:

Based on a more polite but not so interesting epigram by Goethe.

give me a clue so sweet and true