"I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me." After a pause full of intense thought on my part, I asked: "But if one ha… - 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 try to condense the meaning of this body [of a woman] by drawing its essential lines. The charm will then become less apparent at first glance, but in the long run it will begin emanate from the new image. This image at the same time will be enriched by a wider meaning, a more comprehensively human one, while the charm, being less apparent, will not be its only characteristic. It will be merely one element in the general conception of the figure.

El artista comienza con una visión, una operación creativa que requiere un esfuerzo. La creatividad requiere coraje.