imitation, n.Definitions

Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, it's plagiarism.

Imitation is only good when it's poking fun at bad originals.

Imitation one may do, but one should never counterfeit.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery... it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is more often in the direction of art-to-life rather than life-to-art. In other words, life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Imitation is dooming oneself to hopeless mediocrity, for he bereaves himself of his own beauty in order to come short of another man's.

Imitation , however successful it may be in its own way, it can never be 'success'. Success is a first-hand creation.

Imitation is responsible for half of what we are. As such, the great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.