Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Herman Melville
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Fred Allen
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. Albert Schweitzer
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves. Quintilian
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. Thorstein Veblen
Man’s natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. Marquis de Sade