To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.
If you copy then it is not self-expression.
I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.
Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.
I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.
I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me.
To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense.
It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.