“If you fail in copying from a master you succeed in birthing an original art. Kushal Poddar, Poet” — Kushal Poddar, Poet Copy Share Image
I didn't want to feel like I was mimicking or copying someone else's performance, whether it's subconscious or not. — Aidan Turner Copy Share Image
When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people… — Jack White Copy Share Image
No art can be grafted with success on another art. For though they all profess the same origin, and to proceed from… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
We all are influenced by things and copy things, but often where there is a certain level of copying, only the surface… — Jason Fulford Copy Share Image
Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn't try and be copying men and be masculine; they should… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Ant & Dec have always nicked stuff off us. We met their writers, they said they just trawl our stuff and adapt… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
The truth is that... if you put any idea out there that's kind of flashy, you have many, many people that are… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
The first step is: accept yourself as you are; drop all shoulds. Don't carry any ought on your heart! You are not… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I guess the one-liner kind of comic sounds like a guy who can talk and talk and whatever the subject is, he… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
If you just do something, then you're a five-year wonder and, goodbye, you're gone. But if people feel it's worthwhile, not only… — Vidal Sassoon Copy Share Image
Today's aikido is so dimensionless. It's hollow, empty on the inside. People try to reach the highest levels without even paying their… — Gozo Shioda Copy Share Image
For memetics to be a reasonable research programme, it should be the case that copying, and differential success in causing the multiplication… — Dan Sperber Copy Share Image
Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then,… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style. Don't worry. Writing is a communal… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Copying is out of the question; only fools and impostors copy. No, the thing is to produce something as good, if possible,… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
“If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic not an imitation of someone you envy.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“software alone is a commodity. There is nothing stopping anyone from copying the feature set, making it better, cheaper, and faster.” — Alex Moazed Copy Share Image
Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, original... and the… — Hugh Hopper Copy Share Image
Pictorial art is relating tones to create beauty - like chords of music - not the faithful copying of the model. — Harvey Dunn Copy Share Image
I'm not copying Bipasha in 'Trishna.' It is no doubt a remake of 'Jism,' but there are certain differences. — Rituparna Sengupta Copy Share Image
Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them. — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy. — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find… — Cennino Cennini Copy Share Image
As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Why do people make a fuss over people copying them when they copy other people too. There's no such thing as being… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you are gunning to be like other people, you are foolishly repeating their mistakes, and the worst of it all is… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
If we go around clearing up our own mess and being positive about our own lifestyle, other people will start copying us… — Dave Hampton Copy Share Image
A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
Imagine you're copying a very long document, and occasionally you'll put an A where there should be a C. And that mistake… — Spencer Wells Copy Share Image
The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say… — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of bands have managed to borrow parts of our style for their music. That's fine with me, because we've borrowed… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
