Matisse/ Picasso Seminar On Picasso, Quotes Printed in Ashton_Picasso on Art: A Selection of Views_ (Da Capo Press Inc., 1972), 51-53 Word Count: 475 In Picasso on Art a section is dedicated to Picasso’s views on those who imitated him and those that he imitated. My of his quotes show that he believed in the art of copying for himself as well as others. “What does it mean,” says Picasso, “for a painter to paint …showed first 75 words of 512 total…

…showed last 75 words of 512 total…flight forward! Copying others is necessary, but what a Pity to copy oneself!”(Souchere, 1960, page 27) This quote sums up everything there is to be said on copying another artist. Copying another is not only helpful to any artist, but a necessity. The only danger of copying, is to copy oneself, which leads to repetition of one’s work. This is the greatest fallacy of all because it stops the painter from progressing as an artist.