In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. Henri Matisse Read Quote
Time extracts various values from a painter’s work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. Henri Matisse Read Quote
I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. Henri Matisse Read Quote
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn’t so much the worse for you. Henri Matisse Read Quote
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color – not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. Henri Matisse Read Quote
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. Henri Matisse Read Quote
