Quote #8

[I wouldn't mind turning into] a vermilion goldfish.

More from Henri Matisse

  1. Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
  2. Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
  3. A picture must possess a real power to generate light ... for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rat…
  4. 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…
  5. 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 t…
  6. I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have the light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the l…
  7. 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 wi…
  8. I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

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