Henri Matisse ( 10 of 15 )
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which read more
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.
