A picture must possess a real power to generate light [and] for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Power Quotes

Work cures everything.

Work cures everything.

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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...

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

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

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

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.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

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.

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 -...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

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...

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 would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth...

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth...

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.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.

Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.

Businessmen they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, But none of them along the...

Businessmen they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, But none of them along the...