When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric HofferTags: imitation
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
François-René de ChateaubriandTags: imitation writing originality writers
Through others we become ourselves.
Lev S. VygotskyTags: imitation identity psychology self-awareness development educatin
To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergTags: imitation opposite course-of-action
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to."
[MovieMaker Magazine #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004 ]
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Samuel JohnsonTags: imitation absurdity behaviour conduct
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
T.S. EliotTags: humor imitation writing originality maturity plagiarism
Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought.
Albert Pinkham RyderTags: art imitation inspiration emanation
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
George Bernard Shawwhen the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his, then there are many ways and forms in which a man can be a Christian.
Henri J.M. NouwenTags: imitation
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