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Quote by Jean Cocteau
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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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. – Jean Cocteau

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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. – Jean Cocteau

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You may imitate, but never counterfeit. – Honore de Balzac

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Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. – James Fenton

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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. – Friedrich von Schiller

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