Imitation Quotes

411 Imitation quotes by 304 unique authors

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do… — George Orwell
JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion. — Ambrose Bierce
The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist — Edgar Allan Poe
Imitations only better the original. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer-so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible. — Tom Bissell
In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our… — Pope Francis
The North thinks it knows how to make corn bread, but this is a gross superstition. Perhaps no bread in the world is quite as… — Mark Twain
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a… — Jaco Pastorius
But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why… — Maximus the Confessor
As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless in the beauty… — Pope Leo I
...those called by Christ's name should order their lives. They should persevere in prayers and supplications and, in imitation of the angels, have their eyes… — Gregory Palamas
We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with the Gospel are… — Gregory Palamas
The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is to represent the… — Swami Vivekananda
It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure… — Herman Melville
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs… — Coco Chanel
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? — Alfred de Vigny
Translation is a form of passive aggression. In doing it, a writer chooses to forgo original authorship so as to play havoc with a foreign… — Lawrence Venuti
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
Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn't even get his degree. — Mitch Hedberg
Imitation causes us to leave natural ways to enter into artificial ones; it therefore makes slaves. — Alexandre Vinet
Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and features… — Francisco Goya
To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in it, he [Douglas… — Richard Dawkins
The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation. — Piero Scaruffi
It is altogether an extraordinary growing, swarming, glittering, pushing, chattering, good-natured, cosmopolitan place, and perhaps in some ways the best imitation of Paris that can… — Henry James
He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he… — Joshua Reynolds

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