Imitation is the sincerest form of television. – Fred A. Allen
You may imitate, but never counterfeit. – Honore de Balzac
Man is an idiot. He doesnt know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even have been that man invented generation by coitus after seeing the grasshopper copulate. – Augusto Roa Bastos
Imitation belittles. – Christian Nevell Bovee
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. – Jean Cocteau
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. – Salvador Dali
Mans natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. – Marquis De Sade
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. – James Fenton
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. – Baltasar Gracian
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. – Francesco Guicciardini
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. – Carl Gustav Jung
To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. – Pablo Picasso
Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness. – W. Winwood Reade
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. – Friedrich von Schiller
It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But dont worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers. – Dr. David Schwartz
Whatever is well said by another, is mine. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
