We do not imitate, but are a model to others

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals

Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marylin Monroe. But not me. Because I've always drawn on myself only.

I am not a role model.

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.