No man ever yet became great by imitation. Whatever hopes for the veneration of mankind must have invention in the design or the execution; either the effect must itself be new, or the means by which it is produced. Either truths hitherto unknown must be discovered, or those which are already known enforced by stronger […]
Imitation Quotes
We love in others what we lack ourselves, And would be everything but what we are.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
In literature imitations do not imitate.
We are imitating someone even when planting cabbages.
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.
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 […]
