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They were concerned primarily with the discovery of non-imitative forms expressive in their own right.
Black is Beautiful Goldwater, Robert 1969
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But the non-imitative arts supply organisms different in kind from those which nature affords.
The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory George Santayana 1907
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Although it is historically probable that the habit of avoiding ugliness and seeking beauty of shape may have been originally established by utilitarian attention to the non-imitative
The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics Vernon Lee 1895
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The best index and guide to the stated activities of adults in past ages is found in the instinctive, untaught, and non-imitative plays of children which are the most spontaneous and exact expressions of their motor needs.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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