“I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.”
David Baker
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde
“Scientists seek to know the mind of god while engineers seek to imitate Him.”
Mark Grant
“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”
Marva Collins
“Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.”
George Santayana
“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.”
Eric Hoffer
“I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.”
Cecil Taylor
