There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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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,...

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...

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 -...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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...

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...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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.

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

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

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...