Creativity takes courage.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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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...

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

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

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...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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

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

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

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

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?

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him. A new...

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him. A new...

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and...

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and...