You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

Quote by Henri Matisse

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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 been no more than a medium, as it were.

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

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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...

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 you are enjoying life time flies by, when you are not it stands still,...

When you are enjoying life time flies by, when you are not it stands still,...

Today is the good old times of tomorrow.

Today is the good old times of tomorrow.