A Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Not infrequently, we encounter copies of important human beings; and here, too, as in the case of paintings, most people prefer the copies to the originals.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
German - Philosopher
October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900

We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance).

Susan Sontag

It is important to remember that when it comes to law, computers never make copies, only human beings make copies. Computers are given commands, not permission. Only people can be given permission.

Brad Templeton

There are more copies than originals among people.

Pablo Picasso

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.

Joseph Addison

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are.

Jose Saramago

Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?

Edward Young

The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.

Walt Disney

Ever heard of anyone executed for distributing copies of Grimm's fairy tales? Imagine people trying to smuggle copies of Hans Christian Andersen's works into China? The Bible, which has been called a mere collection of myths has suffered all of these fates: even today, copies of the Bible are banned and burned. There's something about this ancient book that threatens and frightens those in power.

Eric Metaxas

We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?

Edward Young

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Alexis de Tocqueville

We sold 1.5 million copies of the 'Abracadabra' album and 26,000 copies of 'Italian X-Rays.'

Steve Miller

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

History, it is easily perceived, is a picture-gallery containing a host of copies and very few originals.

Alexis de Tocqueville

The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

God makes originals not carbon copies. It's okay to be inspired by someone, but be bold enough to be yourself.

Tony Gaskins

The theme of counterfeits, of those that produce and sell them, has always been part of the culture of M.I.A. When I was contacted by Versace, it seemed a great idea to invert the circle. Versace's designs have always been copied; now it's Versace that copies the copies, so those that copy must copy the copies. So this will continue.

M.I.A.

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