How do you find inspiration without copying someone's work [closed]

1. What's the difference between inspiration and copying?
2. Is it OK to copy or use another's work for inspiration?

What's the difference between inspiration and copying?

Incorporate the ideas of others so deeply within yourself and your work that they mix with your voice and become something different and unique to you. That's how it becomes an inspiration and not a copy. Use what inspired you, build on it, and leave something behind to inspire someone else.

Is it OK to copy or use another's work for inspiration?

Taking inspiration from someone else's work is therefore acceptable, but in order to have copyright in your work and avoid infringement you need to create something original by using your own skill, labour, judgement and effort.