Famous quotes containing the words trouble and/or imitating:
“His leanings were strictly lyrical, descriptions of nature and emotions came to him with surprising facility, but on the other hand he had a lot of trouble with routine items, such as, for instance, the opening and closing of doors, or shaking hands when there were numerous characters in a room, and one person or two persons saluted many people.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)