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Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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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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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

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Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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