Farrell - Master Copy Artist Statement

For my master copy/study project I did the painting Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein. This is what I could find in regards to an artist statement about the piece:

In the Drowning Girl the water is [...] Art Nouveau, but it can also be seen as [a reference to the artist] Hokusai.   I don't do it because it is another reference. Cartooning itself resembles other periods in art — perhaps unknowingly...I saw [the resemblance] and then I pushed it a little further until it was a reference that most people will get. I don't think it is terribly significant, but it is a way of crystallizing the style by exaggeration. 

This quote is from an interview the artist gave. I wasn't able to find the complete text, just this excerpt.