Henri Matisse — "I am against ease. If one leaves the possibilities of getting a pension from the…"

I am against ease. If one leaves the possibilities of getting a pension from the government for painting, to all the people who want to paint, all the Sunday painters will seize a brush. That is impossible. It is necessary that there be a straining.
Henri Matisse — Henri Matisse Modern · Fauvist painter

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Interview discussing the challenges of being an artist and 'Sunday painters'.

Date: 1946

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