#imitates

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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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements. ↗

— Bruce Willis

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