I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

— Lauryn Hill

If you can’t out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you’re toast anyway.

— Eric Ries

The theme of counterfeits, of those that produce and sell them, has always been part of the culture of M.I.A. When I was contacted…

— M.I.A

I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy…

— Jimmy Page

Ive never really tried to copy anyone, I like to have my own style.

— Liam Aiken

You can never make copies without first consulting the BLUEPRINT!!!!

— Anonymous

You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate.

— Damien Hirst

Since the model he so faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture... it is of no interest whether…

— Lucian Freud

Mr. Trump is Mr. Trump. I'm Mr. Wilders. I'm not anybody's copy or whatsoever.

— Geert Wilders

Take notes. Everything is copy

— Nora Ephron

If the headline is a good one, it is a relatively simple matter to write the copy.

— John Caples

When something original works, then everyone wants to copy it. But if you're trying to do something that no one's ever seen before it's…

— Chris Carter

We are all born originals, why is it so many of us die copies?

— Edward Young

A presentation copy...is a copy of a book whoch does not sell, sent you by the author, with his foolish autograph at the beginning…

— Charles Lamb

Quotations--always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out.

— Jean Rostand