Imitation

Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

—James Baldwin

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

—Fred Allen

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

—Dr. Joyce Brothers

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

—G. K. Chesterton

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

—Lionel Trilling

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

—Salvador Dali

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

—Joshua Reynolds