“Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process”
Jamie Buckingham
“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
“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”
Oscar Wilde
“There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him”
Benjamin Franklin
“In literature imitations do not imitate”
Mark Twain
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”
Confucius