Famous quotes containing the word imitate:
“That name for which you fought does it quite fit?
And is your stubborn silence only tact?
Boys wish to imitate who hear of it
But will you tell them to repeat your act?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“For it does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along its shores.”
—Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)
“It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)