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

Quote by Henri Matisse

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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...

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...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

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

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

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.

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

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

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

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...

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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...