Henri Matisse

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more

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.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.