The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

I'm a very big Notorious B.I.G. fan and I do an imitation of him that always cracks everybody up.

Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.