“With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.” — Henri Matisse Quote

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.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

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.

Art will never be able to exist without nature.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.