Quotes about Imitate

Imitate, assimilate & innovate. Votes: 3

Imitate nothing except principle. Votes: 3

Imitate, assimilate, and innovate. Votes: 3

God forgets the past... Imitate Him.. Votes: 3

Imitate the sun. Don't worry if people understand you. Just shine shine shine. Votes: 3

Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench. Votes: 3

Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness. Votes: 3

I happen to be a movie star, but I'm not saying, "Hey, I'm a role model. Imitate me." Votes: 3

Imitate the magnificent trees that speak no word of their rapture, but only breathe largely the luminous breeze. Votes: 3

Imitate the habit of twilight,/Taking time to open the well of color/That fostered the brightness of day. Votes: 3

Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served human liberty. Votes: 3

Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You'll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable. Votes: 3

Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember nothing stays the same for long, not even pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go. Votes: 3

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. Votes: 2

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. Votes: 2

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. Votes: 2

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. Votes: 2

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work. Votes: 2

We do not imitate, but are a model to others. Votes: 2

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. Votes: 2

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Votes: 2

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it. Votes: 2

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her. Votes: 2

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works. Votes: 2

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. Votes: 2

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. Votes: 2

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey. Votes: 2

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life. Votes: 2

I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it. Votes: 2

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. Votes: 2

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male. Votes: 2

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion. Votes: 2

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. Votes: 2

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. Votes: 2

I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful. Votes: 2

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. Votes: 2

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Votes: 2

When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the violence that makes us flinch, because it disturbs us. And what makes us uncomfortable and disturbs us is not often bad. What disturbs us will not make us imitate that. Votes: 2

The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of three objects - things as they were or are, things as they are said or thought to be, or things as they ought to be. The vehicle of expression is language - either current terms or, it may be, rare words or metaphors. Votes: 2

Observe, don't imitate. Votes: 0

I imitate everyone except myself. Votes: 0

Insist on yourself. Never imitate. Votes: 0

In humility imitate Jesus and Socrates. Votes: 0

Immature ists imitate. Mature ists steal. Votes: 0

In literature imitations do not imitate. Votes: 0

Many imitate limits, not unlimited potentials. Votes: 0

You may imitate, but never counterfeit. Votes: 0

First you imitate, then you innovate. Votes: 0

Art does not imitate, but interpret. Votes: 0

People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate. Votes: 0

Children imitate their parents, employees their managers. Votes: 0

I think buildings should imitate ecological systems. Votes: 0

People imitate their leader. Lead by example. Votes: 0

A woman's beauty should not imitate art. Votes: 0

Life doesn't imitate art...it is art! Votes: 0

Whoever tries to imitate me is lost, Votes: 0

It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love. Votes: 0

Set a great example. Someone may imitate it. Votes: 0

Life should imitate romance literature far more often. Votes: 0

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. Votes: 0

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal, Votes: 0

A good composer does not imitate; he steals. Votes: 0

Do something good and someone might imitate it. Votes: 0

We are too quick to imitate depraved examples. Votes: 0

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to. Votes: 0

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. Votes: 0

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate TV? Votes: 0

We must know Jesus before we can imitate Him. Votes: 0

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it. Votes: 0

One must not imitate what one wants to create. Votes: 0

It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire. Votes: 0

Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ. Votes: 0

Let's not imitate others.Let's find ourselves and be ourselves. Votes: 0

One of the first comic things you do is imitate. Votes: 0

When you build a career, you should never imitate anybody. Votes: 0

The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor. Votes: 0

A man must either imitate the vicious or hate them. Votes: 0

Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate. Votes: 0

I try to follow his example, not to imitate him. Votes: 0

You know what I hate the most? People that imitate owls. Votes: 0

Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon. Votes: 0

Fools are apt to imitate only the defects of their betters. Votes: 0

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others. Votes: 0

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it. Votes: 0

When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities. Votes: 0

So true it is, that nature has caprices which art cannot imitate. Votes: 0

Blessed are those who imitate us for they shall inherit our faults. Votes: 0

Children will imitate their fathers in their vices, seldom in their repentance. Votes: 0

No child is bad from the beginning, they just imitate their atmosphere. Votes: 0

Man tried to imitate God by drawing; then we invented the photo. Votes: 0

For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate. Votes: 0

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate. Votes: 0

Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ. Votes: 0

Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them. Votes: 0

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years. Votes: 0

The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate. Votes: 0

It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him. Votes: 0

Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are as important as they are. Votes: 0

Dont imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal. Votes: 0

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. Votes: 0

One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun. Votes: 0

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create Votes: 0

Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons. Votes: 0

The man whom nature's self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate. Votes: 0

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly. Votes: 0

Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice. Votes: 0

I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side. Votes: 0

I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes. Votes: 0

Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds. Votes: 0

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Votes: 0

Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Votes: 0

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people. Votes: 0

To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality. Votes: 0

When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended. Votes: 0

Harmelody allows everybody to be an individual who does not have to imitate anybody else. Votes: 0

I didn't want to imitate anybody. Any movement I knew, I didn't want to use. Votes: 0

How life did imitate art sometimes. And the cruder the art, the closer the imitation. Votes: 0

Bad music is the attempt to imitate something that has very strong rules and grammar. Votes: 0

I never wanted the temptation to imitate or emulate something that had been done beforehand. Votes: 0

Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it. Votes: 0

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. Votes: 0

I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate. Votes: 0

To form our taste, we must neither depreciate nor imitate, but we should understand and originate. Votes: 0

Bring individuality into things, do not just be an imitator. To imitate is to miss life. Votes: 0

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice? Votes: 0

Tis hard to find a whole age to imitate, or what century to propose for example. Votes: 0

One of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing that. Votes: 0

We should imitate the great classics. We would miss, and that miss would be our originality. Votes: 0

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. Votes: 0

The most dangerous physicians are those born actors who imitate born physicians with a perfectly deceptive guile. Votes: 0

Men imitate the gods whom they adore, and to such miserable beings their crimes become their religion. Votes: 0

I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious. Votes: 0

Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation. Votes: 0

It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything. Votes: 0

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate. Votes: 0

You may learn to imitate a birdcall, but do you experience what the nightingale feels for the rose? Votes: 0

To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place. Votes: 0

We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life. Votes: 0

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. Votes: 0

The only way for us to become great, or even inimitable if possible, is to imitate the Greeks. Votes: 0

Works of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself. Votes: 0

If you're always looking at someone else, trying to imitate them, how can your natural gifts ever emerge? Votes: 0

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them Votes: 0

There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original, Votes: 0

If what you want to do is make good art, decide what's good and try to imitate it. Votes: 0

If what you want to do is make good art, decide whats good and try to imitate it. Votes: 0

(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.) Votes: 0

Certainly early on, I kind of modeled myself after Steve Martin and Bill Murray. I would imitate them sometimes. Votes: 0

Comedy works in fashion cycles, in a way. And sometimes, studios will imitate those cycles a little too much. Votes: 0

The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath. Votes: 0

It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar. Votes: 0

I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. Votes: 0

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. Votes: 0

Derivative writers seem versatile because they imitate many others, past and present. Artistic originality has only itself to copy. Votes: 0

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. Votes: 0

The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God. Votes: 0

The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion, Votes: 0

I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can. Votes: 0

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him. Votes: 0

Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing. Votes: 0

The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich. Votes: 0

Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller. . .who always proportions his stay in any place. Votes: 0

If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance! Votes: 0

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time. Votes: 0

Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens. Votes: 0

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. Votes: 0

We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.] Votes: 0

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him. Votes: 0

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training. Votes: 0

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. Votes: 0

Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split. Votes: 0

At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts. Votes: 0

The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms. Votes: 0

I like that 3D is based on the fact that you look with two eyes, so two cameras imitate that. Votes: 0

We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. Votes: 0

Man is simply playing by nature's rules,and art is man's attempt to imitate the beauty of the Creator's hand Votes: 0

George Washington hated the guerrillas. He wanted to imitate the British red coat armies, fighting as gentlemen are supposed to fight. Votes: 0

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically. Votes: 0

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them. Votes: 0

If I need you I'll give you a signal.' What signal?" I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl Votes: 0

That's the thing about parents, I'm beginning to realize. You don't have to see them all that much to imitate them. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Johnson on up. Votes: 0

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad. Votes: 0

Even if you perform with a great choreography, or a part of a great group, I believe you can't imitate people's aura. Votes: 0

It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more. Votes: 0

Everything that can be created has already been done in creation. As human beings, we can only imitate, not create as such. Votes: 0

My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man, I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band. Votes: 0

I've been thinking... Maybe you're a mockingbird... Mockingbirds imitate the songs of other birds... No, I've never heard of any copyright problems. Votes: 0

Don`t imitate. If you want to know who you are, please avoid imitation, that`s a way of avoiding knowing yourself. Votes: 0

Insist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. Votes: 0

Cats are like donkeys and camels, they won't ever quite give in to human tyranny, they won't try to imitate the human soul. Votes: 0

We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress. Votes: 0

To look, to record, to inscribe, to reproduce, to imitate, to reveal, to imagine are for me the seven keys of photographic imagination. Votes: 0

If you imitate someone, you owe them a royalty check. If you emulate them, you don't. There's a big difference. Check your lawyer. Votes: 0

When you hear my records today hear a vanilla sounding artist with no black inflection, although I was trying to imitate what I heard. Votes: 0

The artist must imitate that which is within the thing, that which is active through form and figure, and discourses to us by symbols. Votes: 0

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead. Votes: 0

In someone's darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you become their only source of light. Votes: 0

Satan can imitate God, but he cannot duplicate Him - God is the only One who can deliver us from our pain and suffering. Votes: 0

It's sort of my fun to sing along with records and imitate people who are on the telephone that have different ways of speaking. Votes: 0

The sense of inferiority inherent in the act of imitation breeds resentment. The impulse of the imitators is to overcome the model they imitate. Votes: 0

The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them,.. Votes: 0

To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. Votes: 0

There are many women who write as they think they should write - to imitate men and make a place for themselves in literature. Votes: 0

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak. Votes: 0

Because America leads the world by example, it's no surprise that some might seek to imitate our domestic rules and regulations on a global scale. Votes: 0

Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. But not me. Because I've always drawn on myself only. Votes: 0

We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as far as might be. Votes: 0

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. Votes: 0

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. Votes: 0

Photography is Photography; And in it's purity and innocence is far too uniquely, valuable and beautiful to be spoilt by making it imitate something else. Votes: 0

Study the habits of the people you want to be like and then imitate them. If they are succeeding, they must be doing something right. Votes: 0

I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first. Votes: 0

God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh. Votes: 0

Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Votes: 0

I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them. Votes: 0

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions. Votes: 0

The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God! Votes: 0

What's happened recently in Pakistan, India and Kuwait only goes to show that it's futile to imitate Western democracy. They've ended up exactly where they started. Votes: 0

There is religion in everything around us, - a calm and holy religion in the unbreathing things of Nature, which man would do well to imitate. Votes: 0

No one should ever imitate the style of another because, with regard to art, he will be called a nephew and not a child of nature. Votes: 0

All other species on this planet are gene machines only. They don't imitate at all well; we alone are gene machines and meme machines as well. Votes: 0

Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy. Votes: 0

Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have. Votes: 0

The greater part of our writers, . . . have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them: and those who never quote in return are seldom quoted. Votes: 0

We never set up Yandex to imitate what others were doing. We've been in the business longer than other search engines and have created many original products. Votes: 0

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience; but neither is it obedience to imitate the actions of the apostles. Votes: 0

It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality. Votes: 0

Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions. Votes: 0

Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try to trace a perfect circle. Votes: 0

Girls are generally recognized as superior mimics. Those with [Asperger's Syndrome] hold back and observe until they learn the 'rules', then imitate their way through social situations. Votes: 0

When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without knowing it. Votes: 0

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look. Votes: 0

I didn't just grow up in one environment, so it was easy for me, as a child, just to imitate and just be all these different people. Votes: 0

Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor. Votes: 0

Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations. Votes: 0

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. Votes: 0

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself. Votes: 0

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me. Votes: 0

Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved. Votes: 0

You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in yourself or you'll have no career. Votes: 0

Do not imitate one another's style. If you do, so far as your art is concerned you will be called a grandson, rather than the son of Nature. Votes: 0

I see a lot of women of every age trying to be something else. I see them trying to imitate behaviors that they think belong to successful people. Votes: 0

The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo; changes according to advances in the sciences. Votes: 0

We love much better those who endeavor to imitate us, than those who strive to equal us. For imitation is a sign of esteem, but competition of envy. Votes: 0

Art does not imitate life. Art is much more powerful than that. Art brings life back. And it does it by exposing the secrets we all carry inside. Votes: 0

They (children) are my teachers. I watch them and I learn. It is important for us to try and be like them and imitate them. They are golden. Votes: 0

The average mind is easily content with inherited and acquired things, or with the dicta of parents and teachers, because it is much easier to imitate than to create. Votes: 0

Why so? one would think at such a time you would most exult in your privilege of being able to imitate the various brilliant and delightful touches of nature. Votes: 0

If you imitate the forms of a single artist through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get some nourishment from them. Votes: 0

Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons. Votes: 0

He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. Votes: 0

The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as rational beings in heaven live unto Him. Votes: 0

I remember I was in music class, I was a senior in high school, and my music teacher was like, "You should be a stand-up comic, you could imitate anyone. Votes: 0

A sociopath can imitate emotions, where a psychopath really doesn't have that capacity. They can't fool people into thinking anything and they're usually lacking major empathy for anybody besides themselves. Votes: 0

The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make his work indistinguishable from nature itself. Votes: 0

I think buildings should imitate ecological systems. Ecological systems in nature before we had human beings interfere with them exist in a state of stasis - they are self-supporting, self-sustaining. Votes: 0

Instead of trying to educate the human race, they should imitate the pedagogues of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who concentrated their efforts on the education of a single person. Votes: 0

I don't apply [being a role model] to the choices I make. I feel like a role model is not necessarily someone you want to imitate, just someone you admire. Votes: 0

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise. Votes: 0

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate. Votes: 0

Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward. Votes: 0

In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up. Votes: 0

When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those who imitate him achieve nothing worthwhile. Votes: 0

The way to become a poet is to read poetry and to imitate what you read and to read passionately and widely and in as involved a way as you can. Votes: 0

Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity. Votes: 0

Abstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them in this day and age is laughable. Votes: 0

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be. Votes: 0

If there is gossip to be garnered, garner it. If there are new dress styles to be imitated, imitate them. If there are hearts to be broken, break them. That's my girls. Votes: 0

It's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny. Votes: 0

I think that's how you have to make films. You can't try to imitate or repeat. You have to make your own thing, tell the story that is in your own heart. Votes: 0

... I have noticed that no sooner do people embark on a course of action which they do not find wholly satisfactory than they muster every argument to persuade others to imitate it ... Votes: 0

I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels. Votes: 0

I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be weak, their powers of expression will be likewise. Votes: 0

Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and will shed the skin of the writer you imitated. Votes: 0

It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all. Votes: 0

Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny. Votes: 0

We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art. Votes: 0

Anytime something becomes a success in this way you always get imitators. I'm an imitator of the guys I love. I imitate people like Frank Miller, who is a huge inspiration to me. Votes: 0

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. Votes: 0

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation. Votes: 0

No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. - Variant: There is no nature which is inferior to art, the arts imitate the nature of things. Votes: 0

I was just obsessed with soul singers who had these big powerful voices. I used to listen to Aretha, Whitney, Mariah and try and imitate them, note for note and riff for riff. Votes: 0

The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has earned for the violin the glory of being called the king of instruments Votes: 0

So it just goes to show you that it was always the Hells Angels first. They were the originals and all other clubs try and imitate what the Hells Angels have already done. Votes: 0

For godliness is not the consequence of your capacity to imitate God, but the consequence of His capacity to reproduce Himself in you; not self-righteousness, but Christ-righteousness; the righteousness which is by faith Votes: 0

The pictures present an improvised view of life as normal. Life is shown as we think we see it but in fact never do. The pictures imitate life to find a way out. Votes: 0

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. Votes: 0

Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events. Votes: 0

Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens. Votes: 0

It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the Mosaic period, and, with whatever success, to disguise its own. Votes: 0

The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation. Votes: 0

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.... Votes: 0

It's not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn't even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves. Votes: 0

I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her. Votes: 0

I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me. Votes: 0

Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure. Votes: 0

My first reading of Tolstoy affected me as a revelation from heaven, as the trumpet of the judgment. What he made me feel was notthe desire to imitate, but the conviction that imitation was futile. Votes: 0

The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home. We imitate; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind? Votes: 0

I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me. Votes: 0

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. Votes: 0

I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there. So I certainly wouldn't imitate it. Votes: 0

Our historical experience teaches us that men imitate one another, that their attitudes are statistically calculable, their opinions manipulable, and that man is therefore less an individual (a subject) than an element in a mass. Votes: 0

Bad poets imitate, good poets steal. Votes: -1