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One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun. — Raoul Dufy
When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those… — Aristide Maillol
In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly serves them as a model… — Giorgio Vasari
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in people to jump… — Frans de Waal
We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that… — John F. Carlson
The primary function of art is not to imitate or represent or interpret, but to create a living thing; it is the reduction of all… — Lawren Harris
There is religion in everything around us, - a calm and holy religion in the unbreathing things of Nature, which man would do well to… — John Greenleaf Whittier
One of the commonest causes of failure in Christian life is found in the attempt to follow some good man whom we greatly admire. No… — Reuben Archer Torrey
I see a lot of women of every age trying to be something else. I see them trying to imitate behaviors that they think belong… — Anne Sweeney
I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which… — Donald Fagen
The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.'… — Daniele Vare
Art does not imitate, but interpret. It searches out the idea lying dormant in the symbol, in order to present the symbol to men in… — Giuseppe Mazzini
The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate. — Eric Hoffer
When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so… — Ellie Goulding
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the… — Confucius
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. — Salvador Dali
Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. — Ani DiFranco
When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd… — Dick Van Dyke
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. — Adolf Hitler
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. — Eric Hoffer
It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in… — Eric Hoffer
The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and… — Thomas Jefferson
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate… — Charles Kuralt
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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