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

It is only after years of preparation that the young [artist] should touch color — not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

I am forced to transpose until finally my picture may seem completely changed when, after successive modifications, the red has succeeded the green as the dominant color. I cannot copy nature in a servile way, I must interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture – when I have found the relationship of all the tones the result must be a living harmony of tones, a harmony not unlike that of a musical composition

Me gustaría recuperar esa frescura de visión que es característica de la extrema juventud, cuando todo el mundo es nuevo para ella.