Definition of Copying

Copying Quotations

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
Quentin Crisp

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

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Paul Cezanne

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.
Alberto Giacometti

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.
Sebastian Bach

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.
Lee Ann Womack

When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.
Charlie Watts

We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying.
Lawrence Lessig

Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.
Suzanne Fields

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models.
Ruben Blades