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

Quote by Henri Matisse

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

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

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,...

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

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

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

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...

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

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

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

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...

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...

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.

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven