The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer. - Henri Matisse

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

Rules have no existence outside of individuals: otherwise a good professor would be as great a genius as Racine.

When you're out of willpower, you can call on stubbornness.