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

Quote by Henri Matisse

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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...

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,...

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.

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'm growing old, I delight in the past.

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

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...

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.

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.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

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...

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...

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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...

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.

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal,...

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal,...

Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the...

Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time...