Quotes about imitation
imitation repetition observation
We learn by observation, imitation and repetition. Denis Waitley
imitation equal predecessors
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian
imitation acquire
It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly. Edmund Burke
imitation wit poorest
Borrowed wit is the poorest wit. Johann Kaspar Lavater
imitation rudeness strength weak
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength Eric Hoffer
imitation absurdity copies
The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
imitation envious
I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. Jeaniene Frost
imitation conviction
Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others. Ernst Moritz Arndt
imitation raised contrast
By close inspection... you will discover the manner of handling the artifices of contrast, glazing, and other expedients, by which good colorists have raised the value of their tints, and by which nature has been so happily imitated. Joshua Reynolds
imitation
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true. Marcus Tullius Cicero
imitation memes term
The evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 coined the term ‘meme’ for a unit of cultural imitation. Matt Ridley
imitation imitator
Most imitators attempt the inimitable. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
imitation-of-life wells
Well, I'm going up and up and up--and nobody's going to pull me down! Lana Turner
imitation garlands posterity
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. Friedrich Schiller
imitation form show-business
Imitation is the sincerest form of show business. Roseanne Barr
imitation models
Imitation cannot go above its model. Ralph Waldo Emerson
imitation creation apprehension
The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation. Simone Weil