Imitative Quotes

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure.

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms.

I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.