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Imitation Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Imitation, Individuality, Human Nature, Irony, Social Behavior

2. “Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.”

Thomas Jefferson

Imitation, Education, Learning, Human Nature, Social Influence

3. “I fashion the expression of my face, as accurately as possible, in accordance with the expression of his, and then wait to see what thoughts or sentiments arise in my mind or heart, as if to match or correspond with the expression.”

Edgar Allan Poe

Imitation, Reflection, Emotional Response, Philosophical Insight, Psychological Observation, Interpersonal Connection

4. “The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.”

William Blake

Art, Originality, Imitation, Philosophical Insight, Creative Process, Artistic Critique

5. “Good poets borrow, great poets steal.”

T.S. Eliot

Creativity, Inspiration, Imitation, Originality, Expression, Influence

6. “The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation.”

Simone Weil

Necessity, Creation, Apprehension, Imitation, Philosophical Thought, Existential Reflection

7. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

Herman Melville

Originality Failure, Imitation Success, Authentic Choice, Originality, Failure, Imitation

8. “People imitate their leader. Lead by example.”

Barbara Corcoran

Leading Example, Inspirational Leadership, Role Modeling, Imitation, Leader, Example

9. “Imitation is always insult – not flattery.”

Frank Lloyd Wright

Imitation Critique, Creative Authenticity, Creativity, Critique, Authenticity, Imitation

10. “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”

Salvador Dali

Imitation Value, Creative Output, Imitation, Value, Creative, Output

11. “Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.”

George Bernard Shaw

Imitative Learning, Flattery Perspective, Educational Insight, Imitation, Learning, Flattery

12. “To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”

Marcus Aurelius

Imitation, Revenge, Individuality, Authenticity, Freedom, Self-Reliance

13. “Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.”

Marcus Aurelius

Nature, Art, Imitation, Creation, Beauty, Expression

14. “No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.”

Marcus Aurelius

Nature, Art, Imitation, Creation, Beauty, Expression

15. “I repeat: there was no attraction for me in imitating human beings; I imitated them because I needed a way out, and for no other reason.”

Franz Kafka

Human Imitation, Existential Escape, Personal Struggle, Escape, Imitation, Identity

16. “Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds.”

Vladimir Nabokov

Devices, Nature, Imitation, Simplicity, Attraction, Perception

17. “You may learn to imitate a birdcall, but do you experience what the nightingale feels for the rose?”

Rumi

Imitation, Experience, Love, Connection, Understanding, Beauty

18. “When using colors to recreate a general harmony of tones in nature, one loses it by painfully exact imitation. One keeps it by recreating in an equivalent color range, and that may not be exactly, or far from exactly, like the model.”

Vincent Van Gogh

Colors, Nature, Art, Harmony, Imitation