Welcome to English in a Minute. When we imitate something, we copy it. But what does it mean
when we say art imitates life?
How did you like the art exhibit we saw yesterday?
Dan, to be honest, I didn't get it. It was just a guy sleeping in a small room in the middle of the museum.
Yeah, it was brilliant. In a word, art imitates life.
Okay, that was three words, Dan, and I have my own three words. It was bad.
When we say art imitates life, we mean that a work of art is inspired by real life events,
or it mirrors real life in some way.
You can say this about any kind of creative project. And that's English in a Minute.