Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

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 suicide

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide.

Imitation is suicide.

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.]

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

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.]