Imitative Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

Never follow anybody else`s idea - that is very dangerous because you will become imitative. Always follow your own nature, self-nature; only then will you… — Rajneesh
People are imitative and imitation is bound to be unintelligent. They want to do exactly the things which others are doing. That destroys their freshness.… — Rajneesh
For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality can… — Jack Kornfield
Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As children, we wanted… — Robert Greene
Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to… — Thomas Jefferson
I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose… — Ivan Reitman
I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into… — Henry Flynt
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. — Mary McCarthy
Man is an imitative creature. — Friedrich Schiller
An object imbued with intent â€” it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent â€” it's random, it's imitative,… — John Hockenberry
All you can do is make a piece of product, sell it on its own terms, stand behind it and hope that people will go… — Roddy McDowall
Are you up to the challenge? Are you going to be a reproduction or an original? Will you strive to be innovative or imitative? Are… — Phil Cousineau
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why… — Tim Blake Nelson
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it. — Octavia E. Butler
John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of gnomically introverted droning… — Madison Smartt Bell
Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence… — George Pierce Baker
But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure. — George Pierce Baker

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