Choices Quote by Henri Matisse

“The modern mentality is the child of human pride puffed up by commercial advertising.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“... "the historical necessity of development" -- you can spout that nonsense about anything and you'll always be right.”

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The concept of historical necessity is the product of rational thought and arrived in Russia by the Western route. The idea of the noble…

— Joseph Brodsky

Unlike a state, a writer cannot plead the historical necessity of his actions.

— Joseph Brodsky

This is what I believe: That we are not pushed from behind by the casual unfolding of historical necessity, but that we are in…

— Terence McKenna

Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity,…

— Rosa Luxemburg

The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything…

— Henri Matisse

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first…

— Henri Matisse

Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its…

— Henri Matisse

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

— Henri Matisse

Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture…

— Henri Matisse

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things:…

— Greg Iles