Henri Matisse Running Quotations

What matters most to me? To work with my model until I have it enough in me to be able to improvise, to let my hand run free...

Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. Derive happiness from yourself, from a good day's work, from the clearing that it makes in the fog that surrounds us.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.