Imitation Quotes - Page 2
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?
Alfred de Vigny (1840). “Cinq Mars (Complete)”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
Israel Zangwill (1921). “The Voice of Jerusalem”
All cultural imitation, opposed as it is to creativeness, is bound to make a people small.
Muhammad Asad (1954). “The Road To Mecca”, p.382, The Book Foundation
Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.132
Neville Goddard (2013). “Your Faith is Your Fortune”, p.19, Simon and Schuster