With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from wit... - Henri Matisse
"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft."
"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft."
"He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back."
"I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer."
"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."
"Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence."
"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."