I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“To imitate nature involves the verb to do. To copy is merely to reflect something already there, inertly: Shakespeare's mirror is all… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters. — John Updike Copy Share Image
The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Pseudo-modernists pursue individual style because they know they cannot make a name without it; but if they had lived in the eighteenth… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
To know whether photography is or is not an art matters little. What is important is to distinguish between good and bad… — Tina Modotti Copy Share Image
I came into science fiction at a very good time, when the doors were getting thrown open to all kinds of more… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear... Imitation is a… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Some Mexicans go to Hollywood and lose career in Mexico because they play imitation. I don't want this to happen to me. — Katy Jurado Copy Share Image
“The giraffe can behave like the gazelle, but its neck will always tell a story!” — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“Most undercover cops are vastly skilled at compartmentalization. It is a talent as valued as lying. They seal off their real feelings… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
The real artist, who knew what he was imitating, would be interested in realities and not in imitations; and would desire to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“STAY AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART In this short lifetime, Why not be -- True to your own voice, Your own story,… — Suzy Kassem 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
Born originals, how comes it to pass that we die copies? That meddling ape imitation, as soon as we come to years… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
The picture is the imitation and converted reality of the goods, in short, an indirect substitute for reality. — Herbert Bayer Copy Share Image
