#imitates

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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Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, it's not a driver - art imitates life. ↗

— Christopher Knight

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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. ↗

— Francesco Guicciardini

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Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. ↗

— Woody Allen

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There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original. ↗

— Judith Butler

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The parrot's so funny. He imitates me and I don't even realize he's doing it. I'm walking around the house talking to myself and whistling and the next day he's said something I've said... it's scary you know? ↗

— Mick Ralphs

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

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The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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