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

Quote by Henri Matisse

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Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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 did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

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 -...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

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...

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 always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

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...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to...

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to...