Henri Matisse

“I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.”

“My curves are not crazy.”

“Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Work cures everything.”