One must, of course, have one's entire experience behind one and not have lost the freshness of instinct.

If people knew what Matisse, supposedly the painter of happiness, had gone through, the anguish and tragedy he had to overcome to manage to capture that light which has never left him, if people knew all that, they would also realize that this happiness, this light, this dispassionate wisdom which seems to be mine, are sometimes well-deserved, given the severity of my trials.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.

To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.

An artist is an explorer.