They were concerned primarily with the discovery of non-imitative forms expressive in their own right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black is Beautiful] Reference

But the non-imitative arts supply organisms different in kind from those which nature affords.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene] Reference