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

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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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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 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.

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...

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...

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

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...

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.

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...

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even...

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even...

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me,...

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me,...