Exactitude is not truth.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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Work cures everything.

Work cures everything.

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...

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

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.

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

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

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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.

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 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...

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...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in...

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in...

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going...

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going...