Creativity takes courage.

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Courage Quotes, Creativity Quotes

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner...

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner...

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

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

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.

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 wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

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

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

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'm growing old, I delight in the past.

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

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...

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

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...

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him 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.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's...

It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's...

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that...

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that...

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...