He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and read more

He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his
name to a glassy sea.
[Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,
Iule ceratis ope Daedalea
Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus
Nomina ponto.]

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the
herd.
[Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.
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An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the
herd.
[Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.
Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

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.