Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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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...

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

Work cures everything.

Work cures everything.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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 are always flowers for those who want to see them.

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

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,...

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.