Her words and her actions in regards to art inspiring & being ever-changing never seem to correlate.
She talks as though she wants to inspire & affect change, though everytime another artist has incorporated something Gaga believes she pioneered, she posts a snarky Twitter comment about it. Katy, Miley etc. Have all experienced this with green hair, mechanical horses or false teeth.
She also never seems to want to admit where certain inspirations originated for her. It's completely okay to. It's fine to pay homage. It's fine to adopt imagery from something else and interpret it in an individual way - but she always comes off as bitter if anyone points these inspirations out, instead of using art's fluidity as a justification. It makes no sense.