4 Henri Matisse Quotes on Growth

Henri Matisse quotes on growth

2. I will repeat what I once said to Guillaume Apollinaire: 'For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.'

4. 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.

26. A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.

31. Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.