I want anyone tired, worn down, driven to the limits of endurance, to find calm and repose in my painting.


in Cahiers d'aujourdhui 4 April 1913, in Hilary Spurling Matisse the Master vol. 2 (2005) ch. 1


I want anyone tired, worn down, driven to the limits of endurance, to find calm and repose in my painting.

I want anyone tired, worn down, driven to the limits of endurance, to find calm and repose in my painting.

I want anyone tired, worn down, driven to the limits of endurance, to find calm and repose in my painting.

I want anyone tired, worn down, driven to the limits of endurance, to find calm and repose in my painting.