Copy Quotes

612 quotes by 498 authors

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual,… — Oscar Wilde
It is better to invert reality than to copy it. — Giuseppe Verdi
There won't be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do not make exciting… — Flannery O'Connor
Art is a creation of a higher order than a copy of nature which is governed by chance.... By the elimination of all muddy colors,… — Paul Signac
Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about… — Jackie Collins
We watch our competitors, learn from them, see the things that they were doing for customers and copy those things as much as we can. — Jeff Bezos
You want to look at what other companies are doing. It's very important not to be hermetically sealed. But you don't want to look at… — Jeff Bezos
People can copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you still want to do. — Dennis Crowley
To copy faults is want of sense. — Charles Churchill
I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling and if we… — Unknown Author
Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right. Just copy as I have -- I want it that way. — Charles Ives
For example, both humans and chimps have a broken copy of a gene that in other mammals helps make vitamin C. ... It's hard to… — Michael Behe
Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past. — Peter Thiel
The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A… — Sarah Vaughan
Someday it will dawn on man that woman does not read the wonderful books with which he has filled his libraries, and though she may… — Esther Vilar
I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important… — Craig Raine
I copy the dress of an animal because I love to copy God. I think God is the most fantastic designer. — Roberto Cavalli
Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a… — Koichi Tanaka
Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears… — Bill Walsh

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