Nothing can be accomplished without love. - Henri Matisse

I don't paint things. I only paint the differences between things.

Expression, to my way of thinking, does not consist of the passion mirrored upon a human face or betrayed by a violent gesture. The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions – everything plays a part. Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements at the painter’s disposal for the expression of his feelings

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.