Famous quotes containing the words imitation and/or pearls:
“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies,
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)