Quotations from
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwa matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.