It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of...

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of...

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an...

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some...

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some...

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'm growing old, I delight in the past.

I'm growing old, I delight in the past.

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being...

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being...

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere...

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere...

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: Youth equals popularity,...

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: Youth equals popularity,...