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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
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.]
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
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.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
