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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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...

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

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

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...

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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

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

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...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an...

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an...

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

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

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

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 love, the one who runs away is the winner.

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

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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.

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

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

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.

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,...

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,...