Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof. — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original. — Luise Rainer Copy Share Image
Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an… — Tessa Thompson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
You look at me, you judge me then you imitate me. I look at you and I laugh...alah — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and… — George Polya Copy Share Image
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
I am a missionary, heart and soul. God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. I am… — David Livingstone 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
There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The invention of photography has dealt a mortal blow to the old modes of expression, in painting as well as in poetry,… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
I sat up and the blankets fell away.I looked down and found I was wearing pokemon pajamas. "Sadie,"I said,"I'm going to kill… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
I believe I am looking for rightness. My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will be surprised when I assure them, that… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Perhaps there may come into my art also, no less than into my life, a still deeper note, one of greater unity… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Latin America can no longer tolerate being a haven for United States liberals who cannot make their point at home, an outlet… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Imitation both unconscious and conscious is par excellence the educational method of the family. It is plain that a considerable part of… — Elsie Clews Parsons Copy Share Image