When he was later asked about what had influenced him at the time, Duchamp cited the work of Symbolist painter Odilon Redon, whose approach to art was not outwardly anti-academic, but quietly individual.
Da han senere blev spurgt om, hvad der havde inspireret ham på den tid, henviste han til den symbolistiske maler Odilon Redon, hvis tilgang til kunsten ikke udadtil var antiakademisk, men afdæmpet individualistisk.