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

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Positive Thinking Quotes

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 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...

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...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

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.

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...

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Work cures everything.

Work cures everything.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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

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

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...

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

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

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.