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

Quote by Henri Matisse

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

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

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

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

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

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...

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...

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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...

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...

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...

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?

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

Your optimistic eyes seem like paradise, to someone like...me.

Your optimistic eyes seem like paradise, to someone like...me.