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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process
Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and read more
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.
[Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,
Iule ceratis ope Daedalea
Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus
Nomina ponto.]
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that
is set; on the contrary, he who read more
He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that
is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always
falls short.
[It., L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il
contrario, l'imitazione del bene e sempre inferiore.]
