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MAY 29

We found Matisse living in a small house, with a magnificent, sweeping view beyond his
vegetable garden. In one room there was a cage with a lot of fluttering birds. The place was
covered with paintings, most of them obviously new ones. I marveled at his production and I
asked him, "What is your inspiration?" "I grow artichokes," he said. His eyes smiled at my
surprise and he went on to explain: "Every morning I go into the garden and watch these plants.
I see the play of light and shade on the leaves and I discover new combinations of colors and
fantastic patterns. I study them. They inspire me. Then I go back to the studio and paint.
- Andre Kostelanetz, This I Believe, 1952

(With thanks to *Jill*, who, while we were talking about light the
other day, passed along that thought provoking Kostelanetz quote).
C J


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John Buffin17-Jun-2004 02:50
Sell it. You'll make tall $$$ from this one.
Guest 29-May-2004 23:27
A masterpiece, indeed! Lovely caption too!
Guest 29-May-2004 17:37
Wonderful CJ!! You are SOOO good at this!!! (jhr sips coffee....impressed with image...)
katwilkens29-May-2004 15:27
Wow! This really caught my eye.
Jill29-May-2004 12:26
And I see that you have created a masterpiece CJ.
Karen Leaf29-May-2004 11:32
You did good. Quote is good-it's the simple things.
Jude Marion29-May-2004 05:07
Awesome image ... and awesome quote
Gayle P. Clement29-May-2004 03:51
Beautiful image. Thank you for the quote.
Joseph Tidwell29-May-2004 03:25
What a great quote! And lovely treatment of this pic.
Guest 29-May-2004 03:13
Indeed a very inspiring quote. Thanks for sharing that, CJ and Jill. Gorgeous.
Guest 29-May-2004 02:52
very cool cj. and an inspiring quote as well.