--- title: "12 Art Imitate Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Art Imitate quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Art Imitate sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/thomas-b-macaulay-1980_art_so-true-it-is-that-nature-has-caprices-w_1850380.png" --- > [So true it is, that nature has caprices which art cannot imitate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-macaulay/so-true-it-is-that-nature-has-caprices-which-art-cannot-imitate/) [Thomas B. Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-b-macaulay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/thomas-b-macaulay-1980_art_so-true-it-is-that-nature-has-caprices-w_1850380.png) > [Does art imitate life, or does life imitate TV?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/does-art-imitate-life-or-does-life-imitate-tv/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/woody-allen-176_art_does-art-imitate-life-or-does-life-imita_3132983.jpg) > [Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/art-may-imitate-life-but-life-imitates-tv/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/ani-difranco-813_art_art-may-imitate-life-but-life-imitates-t_684213.png) > [The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo; changes according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cage/the-function-of-art-is-to-imitate-nature-in-her-manner-of-operation/) [John Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/john-cage-2094_art_the-function-of-art-is-to-imitate-nature_2931991.png) > [We must be vigilant in sharing our stories and our truths as queer parents of color at every chance we get if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/we-must-be-vigilant-in-sharing-our-stories-and-our-truths-as-queer/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/karamo-brown-5694_art_we-must-be-vigilant-in-sharing-our-stori_620898.jpg) > [Art may imitate wild nature; less often does it dare to place itself in the midst of it, and when it does,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hart/art-may-imitate-wild-nature-less-often-does-it-dare-to-place-itself/) [John Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/john-hart-25084_art_art-may-imitate-wild-nature-less-often-d_2282102.png) > [The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-true-end-of-art-is-not-to-imitate-a-fixed-material-condition-but/) [George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/george-inness-54300_art_the-true-end-of-art-is-not-to-imitate-a_13442.png) > [“Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life? I believe life imitates art the imitates life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-g-ortiz/does-life-imitate-art-or-does-art-imitate-life-i-believe-life/) [Kenneth G. Ortiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-g-ortiz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/kenneth-g-ortiz-7295_art_does-life-imitate-art-or-does-art-imitat_2746701.jpg) > [Works of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/works-of-art-imitate-and-provoke-other-works-of-art-the-process-is/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/edward-hirsch-1614_art_works-of-art-imitate-and-provoke-other-w_1801345.png) > [Not only does art imitate life but life imitates art. Perhaps we not only learn about life from stories, perhaps we make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/not-only-does-art-imitate-life-but-life-imitates-art-perhaps-we-not/) [Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/ramona-koval-39310_art_not-only-does-art-imitate-life-but-life_2949850.jpg) > [The primary function of art is not to imitate or represent or interpret, but to create a living thing; it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawren-harris/the-primary-function-of-art-is-not-to-imitate-or-represent-or/) [Lawren Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawren-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/lawren-harris-18825_art_the-primary-function-of-art-is-not-to-im_2951711.png) > [It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-justly-considered-as-the-greatest-excellency-of-art-to-imitate/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/samuel-johnson-50_accounts_it-is-justly-considered-as-the-greatest_820308.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-imitate/#itemlist", "name": "Art Imitate Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So true it is, that nature has caprices which art cannot imitate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas B. 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