Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When the... - Henri Matisse
"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."
More quotes by Henri Matisse
"He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back."
"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."
"Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence."
"Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul."