My aim: never copy.
Create a new style, light, brilliant colours,
And sense the elegance in your models.
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)
Never copy...
It is one thing is to be influenced by other artists, designers.
It is quite another thing to copy.
To copy is to have no shame and no self-worth, worse yet – no voice.
How can you be proud of yourself if you copy?