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Imitation Quotes

Through others we become ourselves.

"The history of the development of higher mental functions (Vol. 4, pp. 97-120)". Book by R. Reiber, 1997.

Belief in limitation is the one and only thing that causes limitation.

Thomas Troward (2007). “The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science”, p.52, Cosimo, Inc.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

"Inwardness and Existence". Book by Walter A. Davis, 1989.

Art only begins where Imitation ends.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.126, Oxford University Press on Demand

My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.

"Sergei Prokofiev: Autobiography, Articles, Reminiscences". Book by Sergei Prokofiev, Edited by S. Shlifstein and translated by Rose Prokofieva, p. 7, 1960.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

"The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 74, 1978.

I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.

"Sergei Prokofiev: Autobiography, Articles, Reminiscences". Book by Sergei Prokofiev, edited by S. Shlifstein and translated by Rose Prokofieva, 1960.

Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.

"The Lenny Interview: Kamala Harris, the Senate Hopeful, Going After Revenge Porn". Interview with Doreen St. Félix, www.elle.com. October 23, 2015.