#copy

The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#cinema #copying #done #establishing #first

I have mixed feelings about those sorts of things. When I see it done by interesting young people, I think it's very valid. But when established photographers, people in their forties, copy me and get a lot of money, well, I find that to be very stupid. ↗

— Helmut Newton

#copy #done #established #feelings #find

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#dad #everybody #fit #i #into

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#as far as #concerned #copying #easy #far

My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe. ↗

— Emo Philips

#comics #copy #duplicate #head #heads

Good artists copy, great artists steal. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#copy #good #good artists #great #steal

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#copy #dangerous #leads #more #oneself

My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today. ↗

— Robert Plant

#became #copy #developed #girlish #haven

Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida. ↗

— David Plouffe

#book #bush #copying #did #doubt

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#becomes #copy #deep #england #ever