Imitations Quotes

33 Imitations quotes by 30 unique authors

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this… — Lydia M. Child
In literature imitations do not imitate. — Mark Twain
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are nothing: imitations, copies, phantoms: repeaters of what we understand badly, that is, hardly at all: the animated fossils of a prehistory that have… — Unknown Author
"Nationwide" featured an amazing collection of apprentice impersonators. From all over Britain, schoolchildren materialised via local studios to give us their imitations of the mighty.… — Clive James
Although the theater is not life, it is composed of fragments or imitations of life, and people on both sides of the footlight have to… — Brooks Atkinson
We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women — Naomi Wolf
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature — Coco Chanel
There is no true joy and compassion except through the difficult emotions - all we get without the experience of fear, anger, and sadness are… — Gabrielle Roth
Imitations only better the original. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
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
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
Against the odds, John Carter is itself pretty amazing-an epic pulp saga that slowly rises to the level of its best imitations and wins you… — Ty Burr
To make good photographs, to express something, to contribute something to the world he lives in, and to contribute something to the art of photography… — Edward Steichen
Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling… — Northrop Frye
Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn… — Catherine McCormack
Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did… — Steve Coogan
I don't know if I change my act from century to century. Sometimes I'm onstage doing imitations and references to people who have been dead… — Gilbert Gottfried
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He was well aware that of the two of three thousand times he had made love (how many times had he made love in his… — Milan Kundera
Neighborhood is a word that has come to sound like a Valentine. As a sentimental concept, 'neighborhood' is harmful to city planning. It leads to… — Jane Jacobs
The result is ... that there's no room left in the world for the weird – though plenty for crude, contemptuous, wisecracking, fun-poking imitations of… — Fritz Leiber
The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did bird imitations…repeatedly, and… — Daniel Handler

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