Copying Quotes

131 Copying quotes by 121 unique authors

If I created a new depravity I would be a priestess, while my imitators would founder, after my reign, in abominable filth...Don't you think that… — Rachilde
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players,… — Bill Frisell
Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying… — Patrick Stump
Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free. — Richard Stallman
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for… — Mark Twain
You cannot innovate by copying. — Larry Ellison
There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and the… — Janine Benyus
Perhaps one of the most essential exercises in learning to paint is the copying of master works in the museums. — Igor Babailov
If we go around clearing up our own mess and being positive about our own lifestyle, other people will start copying us and picking up… — Dave Hampton
Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research. — Chet Atkins
The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me… — Frank Gehry
We spend so much time condemning, critiquing, and copying culture we miss on actually changing it. Be a creator not a hater. — LeCrae
I rather want my things to be copied than me copying. I would feel ashamed! — Karl Lagerfeld
I don't remember that I copied any guitar player note-for-note. But I remember copying Charlie Parker note for note. — Joe Pass
You can’t learn your craft by copying me or anyone else. I hope what I do can do is in some way inspire others but… — Roger Deakins
Having a boy play a girl (and when I say 'play a girl' I don't mean that he is represented as a girl, because he… — Collier Schorr
Today's aikido is so dimensionless. It's hollow, empty on the inside. People try to reach the highest levels without even paying their dues. That's why… — Gozo Shioda
It's really hard to copy another actor and be successful. In fact, that's usually the reason people are not good, because they're copying something they've… — Jesse Eisenberg
It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy. — Steve Guttenberg
Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work. — Shia LaBeouf
I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it. — Mahatma Gandhi
...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had nothing to do… — Iain Banks
When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening. — James Hetfield
Copying is the highest form of flattery — Tito Sotto
If your competitors start copying you then you are doing something right! — Jay Baer

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