I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between th... - Henri Matisse

"Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul."

"Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence."

"Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is."

"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft."

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."