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Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
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
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.
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
[Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon read more
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
[Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis
Que les imitateurs.]
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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.]
