Kukoistussyöte

"I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my own works to have the lightness and joyfulness of a springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labours it has cost. So I am afraid that the young, seeing in my work only the apparent facility and negligence in the drawing, will use this as an excuse for dispinsing with certain efforts which I believe necessary." - The Matisse museum in Nice, in a villa next to the magnificent Le Regina the building in which he stayed and worked for years, uplifts and yields elevation.