There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence,

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Painting Quotes

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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...

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

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

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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.

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.

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

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

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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.

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

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

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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 -...

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

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

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in...

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...