Imitates Quotes

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An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. — FranÃ§ois-RenÃ© de Chateaubriand
At the beginning of all growth, everything imitates. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Any black person who clings to the misguided notion that white people represent the embodiment of all that is evil and black people all that… — Bell Hooks
Nice,' I say, realizing only afterward that I've mimicked her, a bad habit of mine; I'm like one of those animals that imitates its predators… — Melissa Bank
A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It â€œconsents,â€… — Thomas Merton
Nature imitates herself. A grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit; a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit. Everything is created… — Blaise Pascal
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies. — Aristotle
Sometimes art imitates life. — Michael Douglas
Art imitates life. Life imitates high school. — Brad Holland
The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal. — Lionel Trilling
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. — Francesco Guicciardini
All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. — Oscar Wilde
Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention — Richard Franck
He who imitates evil always goes beyond the example that is set, On the contrary he who imitates good always falls a little bit short — Jake Roberts
Air, food, shelter, clothing and water are the means of life. Yet, next to the love of God and others, it is art that we… — John Lars Zwerenz
Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm one of those that feel our entertainment reflects… — Christopher Knight
The parrot's so funny. He imitates me and I don't even realize he's doing it. I'm walking around the house talking to myself and whistling… — Mick Ralphs
Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically depicted, it will be as it were an ape of… — Francis Bacon Sr
Its so hard to admit how much you imitates me, thats why your ugly ass keep up the hates. — Easyjeh
I'm just happy that in the whole framework of art imitates life, or maybe life should be imitating art, there is this kind of move… — Jimmy Smits

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