A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Henri Matisse Quotes

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...

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that...

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that...

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,...

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

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

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

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

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds...

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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?

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...

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

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...

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...