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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. Pablo Picasso Imitation 161
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali Imitation 138
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson Imitation 87
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Fred A. Allen Imitation 86
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship Wendell Phillips Imitation 86
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top. Frank Moore Colby Imitation 82
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. Francesco Guicciardini Imitation 80
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. James Fenton Imitation 79
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. Friedrich von Schiller Imitation 78
Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness. W. Winwood Reade Imitation 77
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy. Sir Richard Steele Imitation 72
You may imitate, but never counterfeit. Honore de Balzac Imitation 71
Imitation belittles. Christian Nevell Bovee Imitation 70
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Eric Hoffer Imitation 66
Whatever is well said by another, is mine. Marcus Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Elder)Imitation 62
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Imitation 61
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian Imitation 58
To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg Imitation 55
My works are an imitation of my own past and present. Barbara Hepworth Imitation 53
No man was ever great by imitation. Samuel Johnson Imitation 49
The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation. Orhan Pamuk Imitation 46
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Gustav Jung Imitation 46
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Imitation 41

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