Dies Quote by Walter Darby Bannard

Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than…

— Albert Pinkham Ryder

Imitation is suicide

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

— Jamie Buckingham

“Unknowing imitation is almost a recipe for bad design. If you don’t know where your ideas are coming from, you’re probably imitating an imitator.”

— Paul Graham

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

— Herman Melville

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.

— Ken Danby

Imitation can be commercial suicide.

— William Bernbach

Imitation is just the fear of bringing out ur creative self.

— Niidoodo

Inspiration follows aspiration.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

It's better to fail in originality then it is to succeed in imitation.

— Conor Maynard

Art only begins where Imitation ends.

— Oscar Wilde