There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
From Henri Matisse
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
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 the roses that were ever painted.
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
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