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Letter "C" » copy
«The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.»
Author: Ludwig Feuerbach
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appearance, copy, fancy, prefers, profane, profaning, signified, These Days
«The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: The bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
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artist, a great deal, copy, copying, deal, great deal
«The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.»
«To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic»
«When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it»
«To every cow its calf; to every book its copy.»
«While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy;»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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absolutely, copy, essentially, imitate, manner, method, personality, study, universal
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