Quotes by Copying I didn't want to feel like I was mimicking or copying someone else's performance, whether it's subconscious or not. Aidan Turner mimicking copying want Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair. Alberto Giacometti copying chairs reality Some people are better at seeing things through to a logical conclusion as far as copying things they like from other people's records; they understand what Brian Eno did and they just do it. Alexis Taylor copying records people I read an article on me once that described my machine-method of silk-screen copying and painting: 'What a bold and audacious solution, what depths of the man are revealed in this solution!' What does that mean? Andy Warhol copying men mean Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even have been that man invented generation by coitus after seeing the grasshopper copulate. Augusto Roa Bastos copying generations men Copying is about reverse-engineering. Austin Kleon engineering reverse copying A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all. Betty Friedan copying men sex I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Bill Frisell saxophone copying player 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 copying writing might Charlotte, who had sagged back in her chair, her eyes half-closed, said, “Will, I have already been up all night copying down the relevant parts. Much of it was—” “Gibberish?” Jem suggested. “Pornographic?” said Will at the same time. “Could be both,” said Will. “Haven’t you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before? Cassandra Clare copying eye night David Lynch is very important to me, and he does dreamlike movies, but my dreams are not like David Lynch's dreams. I have no interest in copying anybody's work. It would never occur to me to want this to look like someone else's thing. Charlie Kaufman copying important dream Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research. Chet Atkins copying stealing research Some people who look at abstract art say 'I could do that.' A good response is, 'Go ahead but then you'll be accused of copying. Christopher Willard copying people art My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own. Claes Oldenburg copying my-own paint You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate. Damien Hirst copying copies able For memetics to be a reasonable research programme, it should be the case that copying, and differential success in causing the multiplication of copies, overwhelmingly plays the major role in shaping all or at least most of the contents of culture. Evolved domain-specific psychological dispositions, if there are any, should be at most a relatively minor factor that could be considered part of background conditions. Dan Sperber copying play culture If we go around clearing up our own mess and being positive about our own lifestyle, other people will start copying us and picking up their own carbon 'litter' too Dave Hampton copying being-positive people The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful. David Boies audio copying home Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you do to make consumers happy enough with legitimate use of the system that they'll be willing to pay for it? Edward Felten copying use pay Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading. Ellsworth Kelly copying drawing trying 123456»
