--- title: "6 Imitation Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "6 Imitation quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Imitation sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/oscar-wilde-16_greatness_imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays_763750.jpg" --- > [Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays-to-greatness/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/oscar-wilde-16_greatness_imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays_763750.jpg) > [Perhaps there may come into my art also, no less than into my life, a still deeper note, one of greater unity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/perhaps-there-may-come-into-my-art-also-no-less-than-into-my-life-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/oscar-wilde-16_aesthetic_perhaps-there-may-come-into-my-art-also_1173408.jpg) > [Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery-that-mediocrity-can-pay/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/oscar-wilde-16_flattery_imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flatt_2155715.jpg) > [Art only begins where Imitation ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/art-only-begins-where-imitation-ends/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/oscar-wilde-16_art_art-only-begins-where-imitation-ends-222_2224335.jpg) > [“Love is a more wonderful thing than art.' 'They are both simply forms of imitation,' remarked Lord Henry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/love-is-a-more-wonderful-thing-than-art-they-are-both-simply-forms-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/oscar-wilde-16_art_love-is-a-more-wonderful-thing-than-art_2321219.jpg) > [Art creates an incomparable and unique effect, and, having done so, passes on to other things. Nature, upon the other hand, forgetting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/art-creates-an-incomparable-and-unique-effect-and-having-done-so/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/oscar-wilde-16_art_art-creates-an-incomparable-and-unique-e_2778157.jpg) ## Other authors on Imitation ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imitation/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "6 Imitation Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays-to-greatness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/oscar-wilde-16_greatness_imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays_763750.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/oscar-wilde-16_greatness_imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays_763750.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/oscar-wilde-16_greatness_imitation-is-the-homage-mediocrity-pays_763750.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps there may come into my art also, no less than into my life, a still deeper note, one of greater unity of passion, and directness of impulse. 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