Imitation Quotes

411 Imitation quotes by 304 unique authors

...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
There was no name for the disease; his body had gone insane, forgotten the blueprint by which human beings were built. Even now the disease… — Orson Scott Card
He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece.… — Brandon Sanderson
Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear... Imitation is a far stronger principle… — J C Ryle
For me, it's always very beautiful that you can do something today in the 21st century which is not an imitation but which has a… — Wolfgang Laib
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. .… — Joyce Brothers

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