When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur to understand that which the artist dos not yet comprehend.


Matisse on art (ed. 1973)


When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur...

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur...

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur...

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur...