MATISSE ~ IS AN ARTIST A PRISONER?

“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever wants to know something about me -as an artist, the only notable thing- ought to look carefully at my pictures and try and see in them what I am and what I want to do.”
― Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt, Pallas Athena, 1898
“An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style,
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
“She wondered all the same how much they really had to say to one another, given that they had only