Influence is a spice. Imitation is ordering the same dish every day and calling yourself a chef.

The difference here is proportion, not purity. Taking a flavor from someone and putting it into something of yours is how every maker has ever worked, while reproducing the whole dish leaves nothing of yours in it and no way to tell what you would have made. Learning that way is fine. Presenting it as your own is where it goes wrong.

Look at a recent piece and try to account for what came from where. If you cannot locate the part that is yours, that is the part to work on next.