“To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.”

“The worldview that underlay the New Testament was so different from that of the Greeks and the Romans as to be almost its opposite. It was a worldview that stressed not excellence of public achievement but the adventure of a personal journey with God… by imitating God's justice and mercy.”

“Goodman: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Kael: I hate it. It is very creepy being imitated.”

“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”

“A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in language … not in a narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.”

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

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

“No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.”

“I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.”

“There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality.”