Henri Matisse Quote

To give yourself completely to what you're doing while simultaneously watching yourself do it—that's the hardest of all for those who do work by instinct.


letter to Amélie Matisse, 31 March 1912, in Hilary Spurling Matisse the Master vol. 2 (2005)


To give yourself completely to what you're doing while simultaneously watching yourself do it—that's the hardest of all for those who do work by...

To give yourself completely to what you're doing while simultaneously watching yourself do it—that's the hardest of all for those who do work by...

To give yourself completely to what you're doing while simultaneously watching yourself do it—that's the hardest of all for those who do work by...

To give yourself completely to what you're doing while simultaneously watching yourself do it—that's the hardest of all for those who do work by...