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Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art read more
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process
Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process
Imitation is the most serious form of flattery
Imitation is the most serious form of flattery
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to read more
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.
[Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo
Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]
