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

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Time Quotes

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 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...

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

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

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some...

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some...

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?

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner...

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,...

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,...

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of a forest. I,...

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of a forest. I,...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...