The imitator treads a beaten walk, and with all his diligence can only find a few flowers or branches untouched by his predecessor, the refuse of contempt, or the omissions of negligence.
Imitation Quotes
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper.
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse.
When a married couple raised a 7.5 month old chimp baby like a human baby alongside their own 10 month old son they found the chimp did most everything sooner and better – even scoring on tests. They had to end the experiment though as there was one thing their son was clearly better at […]
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of us all.
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.
There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations.
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
Every man is a borrower and a mimic; life is theatrical and literature a quotation.
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
