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" All art is but imitation of nature. "
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
" All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. "
George Henry Lewes
" Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. "
Samuel Johnson
" Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing. "
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
" Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation. "
Mason Cooley
" Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
" Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it. "
John Lydon
" As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film. "
Ira Sachs
" Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. "
George Santayana
" For film fans to support 'The Imitation Game' means so much to me, the entire cast and film-making team. "
Morten Tyldum
" For the Chinese, the Greeks, the Mayans, or the Egyptians, nature was a living totality, a creative being. For this reason, art, according to Aristotle, is imitation; the poet imitates the creative gesture of nature. "
Octavio Paz
" Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it. "
Nell Scovell
" How does a poet teach himself or herself? I think chiefly by imitation, chiefly by practising it as a deliberate technical exercise often. Translation, imitation, those were my methods anyway. "
Derek Walcott
" I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one's identity is totally different. "
AnnaLynne McCord
" I love when people say 'Imitation Game' is such a crowd pleaser. "
Morten Tyldum
" I'm a very big Notorious B.I.G. fan and I do an imitation of him that always cracks everybody up. "
Gene Ween
" I'm into emulation, not imitation. "
Chuck Inglish
" Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. "
James Fenton
" Imitation is a caricature. Any imitation. Find out for yourself. "
Vladimir Horowitz
" Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic. "
Michael Berryman
" Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. "
Peyton Manning
" Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. "
Charles Caleb Colton
" Imitation is the sincerest form of pain. "
Roy Horn
" Imitation is the sincerest form of show business. "
Roseanne Barr
" Imitation is the sincerest form of television. "
Fred Allen
" I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. "
Mae West
" I'm not Waylon Jennings, but I do a fair imitation of him, and a few other country greats, like Willie Nelson. It would be great to sink my teeth into a project where I could play a country singer. I'm like an old cowboy. "
Todd Lowe
" In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. "
Marcus Tullius Cicero
" In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger's where it's like you're missing the imitation, socialization gene. "
Peter Thiel
" It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. "
Herman Melville
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