Quote: You may imitate, but never counterfeit. Author: Honore De Balzac 1799-1850, French Novelist
Quote: Man is an idiot. He doesn't 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. Author: Augusto Roa Bastos 1917-, Paraguayan Novelist
Quote: Imitation belittles. Author: Christian Nevell Bovee 1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer
Quote: An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Author: Jean Cocteau 1889-1963, French Author, Filmmaker
Quote: I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top. Author: Frank Moore Colby 1865-1925, American Editor, Essayist
Quote: Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Author: Salvador Dali 1904-1989, Spanish Painter
Quote: Imitation is suicide. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: 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. Author: James Fenton 1949-, British Poet, Critic
Quote: To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Author: Baltasar Gracian 1601-1658, Spanish Philosopher, Writer
Quote: One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. Author: Francesco Guicciardini 1483-1540, Italian Historian
Quote: When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Author: Eric Hoffer 1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher
Quote: Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: No man was ever great by imitation. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Author: Carl Jung 1875-1961, Swiss Psychiatrist
Quote: The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg 1742-1799, German Physicist, Satirist
Quote: Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep to the tracks of others or emulate the prowess of their models. So a prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it. He should behave like those archers who, if they are skilful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in order to shoot so high but so that by aiming high they can reach the target. Author: Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527, Italian Author, Statesman
Quote: To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship Author: Wendell Phillips 1811-1884, American Reformer, Orator
Quote: To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. Author: Pablo Picasso 1881-1973, Spanish Artist
Quote: Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness. Author: W. Winwood Reade 1838-1875, American Writer
Quote: Man's 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. Author: Marquis De Sade 1740-1814, French Author
Quote: Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. Author: Johann Friedrich Von Schiller 1759-1805, German Dramatist, Poet, Historian
Quote: We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people. Author: Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860, German Philosopher
Quote: It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers. Author: David J. Schwartz American Trainer, Author of ''The Magic of Thinking Big''
Quote: Whatever is well said by another, is mine. Author: Seneca 4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
Quote: Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy. Author: Sir Richard Steele 1672-1729, British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor
Quote: Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. Author: Gertrude Stein 1874-1946, American Author
Quote: He who never walks except where he sees other men's tracks will make no discoveries. Author: Source Unknown