Quotes of Henri Matisse

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Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

- Henri Matisse

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“ Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now. ”

- Virginia Woolf

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward

“ A blooming relationship even if it’s someone else’s, makes me so happy and reinstates my faith in love... ”

- Nitya Prakash

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Life is tough, darling, but so are you. ”

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ With love comes the risk of losing it. With love comes the risk of getting burnt with it. When love burns, it consumes even the soul. ”

- Jyoti Arora