I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

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

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

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

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...

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 -...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time...

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time...

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

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

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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 -...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

I'm a Hollywood Trainwreck.

I'm a Hollywood Trainwreck.