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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in or

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. – Jean Cocteau

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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another. – Jean Cocteau

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Man is an idiot. He doesnt know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even have been that man invented generation by coitus after seeing the grasshopper copulate. – Augusto Roa Bastos

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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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Mans natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. – Marquis De Sade

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It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But dont worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers. – Dr. David Schwartz

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