#pain

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#between #difference #i #only #paint

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#i #i do #literally #me #paint

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#else #everybody #everybody else #i #i do

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#before #creative #difficult #ever #first

That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#great #great joy #joy #just #just be

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#both sides #face #fact #friendships #good

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain. ↗

— John Mayer

#because #car #crashes #i #know

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#avoid #been #did #experience #had

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#beautiful #depict #fall #feels #flaws

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#contend #future #god #guilt #leave