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I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! read more
I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I crank out crude imitations of what's already popular! It takes no time or thought, and most people don't care about the difference, anyway! And what good is originality if you can't crank it out?
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and read more
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his
name to a glassy sea.
[Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,
Iule ceratis ope Daedalea
Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus
Nomina ponto.]
We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.
[Lat., Dociles imitandis
Turpibus ac read more
We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.
[Lat., Dociles imitandis
Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes read more
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
