Creativity takes courage.

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Courage Quotes, Creativity Quotes

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,...

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...

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...

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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...

Work cures everything.

Work cures everything.

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...

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...

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'm growing old, I delight in the past.

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

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...

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.

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

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

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 -...

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.

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...

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.

We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.

Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.

Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.