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.

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

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

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 is at least 50 percent of the creative process

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

Imitation is suicide.

Imitation is suicide.

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that
is set; on the contrary, he who read more

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that
is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always
falls short.
[It., L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il
contrario, l'imitazione del bene e sempre inferiore.]

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.