• For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.

    Henri Matisse: For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.
    Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold, Henri Matisse (1987). “Matisse, the graphic work”, Rizzoli International Publications