Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson
The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation. – Orhan Pamuk
When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now. – Steve Lacy
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. – Theodor Adorno
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. – Voltaire
I don’t like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don’t like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there’s a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside. – Victoria de los Angeles