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 the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

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

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

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.

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.]

Imitation is the most serious form of flattery

Imitation is the most serious form of flattery