Can anyone help me define this quotation?

Question

the quotation is

" All art is an imitation of nature"

What does this mean. Can anyone help me comprehend this quote by giving some easy examples. I will appreciate your help.

Answer 1

i don't really know the answer but i think it means "art is something like nature" sorry if its not what you wanted to find out

Answer 2

there saying how real can art be and how beautiful it is by comparing it with nature itself.

Answer 3

nature is the original beautiful creation. but it is not man made, it is natural. obviously.

art is trying to create a "fake" beauty. its only a man-made imitation of true beauty.

and that made more sense in my head...

Answer 4

nature is beauty in it self and art is just capturing it but what is really beautiful is expirencing it for your self

Answer 5

um showing nature is beautiful and saying art is beautiful, or all art is inspired by nature, hope it helps

Answer 6

Well, there's human nature and regular nature.  

People create works of art to imitate things, the mona lisa is an imitation of a woman (supposedly), monet's waterlilies are an imitation of waterlilies.  Each artist puts their own individual flair though (technique).

Answer 7

You may be thinking of:

The concept derived from an Oscar Wilde aphorism, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life." Wilde follows Ovid who, in Book 3 of the Metamorphoses, depicts a scene where "Nature in her genius had imitated art."