Article: Letters.

It's naive to think independents should rally around

Piers Schmidt urges independents,' of which I suppose I am one, to 'band together to raise standards' (Design Business, DW 8 November)

But where is the evidence that independents occupy any high ground, let alone exclusivity in creative or ethical standards? Isn't it a fact that by those common standards that chart success, commissions, awards, profitability et al, and honours are even between independents and conglomerates.

The paradox is that whereas Anthony Storr can show evidence that highly creative people can be solitary and independent, it is also clear that fabulous acts of individual ...

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