“One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work. To prepare one’s work is first to nourish one’s feelings by studies which have a certain analogy with the picture, and it is through this that the choice of elements can be made. It is these studies which permit the painter to free his unconscious mind.” Quote source: Statement by Matisse to critic E Tériade on creativity, 1933; quoted in Jack Flam’s Matisse on Art p66.
I have recently been in London where I met a wonderful British potter, 84 year old Mary Wandrausch. She introduced me to some quotations by Matisse on life and art…hence the above one. The image here is a tile which she made and on which she inscribed a quotation by Matisse. I find it very inspiring to read the thoughts of some of the great artists…
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