Although he wrote and spoke many wonderful things about art, Matisse was very skeptical about the usefulness of painters' reliance on words. As I try to build this blog, I will remember his wise warning: "A painter who addresses the public not just in order to present his [sic] works, but to reveal some of his ideas on the art of painting, exposes himself to several dangers ...I am fully aware that a painters' best spokesperson is his work" (Notes from a painter, 1908).
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RIvka
3/22/2011 12:04:13 pm
well, he did have a book of notes didn't he?
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