"With color one obtains an energy ...."

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

Henri Matisse

"He who loves, flies ...."

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

Henri Matisse

"We ought to view ourselves ...."

We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.

“...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.”

Henri Matisse

"I am made ...."

I am made of all that I have seen (...)

Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?

Henri Matisse