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If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. ↗

— Confucius

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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her. ↗

— William Morris Hunt

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life. ↗

— Roger Moore

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The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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A good composer does not imitate; he steals. ↗