There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Creativity Quotes, Painting Quotes

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...

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time...

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time...

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 -...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...