An Artist Must Be Very Careful Not

You Can't Escape Your Own Period. Whether You Take Sides For Or Against, You're Always In It.

An Artist Must Forget Painting When He Paints. That's The Only Way He Will Do Original Work.

I Deal With Painting As I Deal With Things, I Paint A Window Just As I Look Out Of A Window. If An Open Window Looks Wrong In A Picture, I Draw The Curtain And Shut It, Just As I Would In My Own Room. In Painting, As In Life, You Must Act Directly.

I Never Calculate. That Is Why Those Who Do, Calculate So Much Less Accurately Than I.

All Things Considered, There Is Only Matisse.