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

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Love Quotes

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.

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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

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

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.

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.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

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

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

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

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

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...