We are born with the sensibility of a period of civilization. We are not masters of our production; it is imposed upon us.


As quoted in Abstract Painting, Michel Seuphor, Dell Publishing Co., 1964, p. 9 - posthumous, after 1954

Henri Matisse Quotes

We are born with the sensibility of a period of civilization. We are not masters of our production; it is imposed upon us.

We are born with the sensibility of a period of civilization. We are not masters of our production; it is imposed upon us.

We are born with the sensibility of a period of civilization. We are not masters of our production; it is imposed upon us.

We are born with the sensibility of a period of civilization. We are not masters of our production; it is imposed upon us.