Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Imitation is suicide.

Imitation is suicide.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

Imitation is the most serious form of flattery

Imitation is the most serious form of flattery

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to read more

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with
truth.
[Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo
Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
[Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon read more

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
[Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis
Que les imitateurs.]

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art read more

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art imitates life.