Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Passionata

A lady looked at one of Matisse's recent paintings. She told him that the arm of the woman was too long. Matisse said:
"Madam, you are mistaken. This is not a woman, this is a painting."

from Art and Illusion by E.H. Gombrich

1 comment:

TB said...

I love what Matisse said! Thanks for sharing.