#son

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#etc #himself #must #never #prisoner

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#after #artist #color #expression #means

The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. I can't wait to have more. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#best #child #comes #feeling #head

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now. ↗

— Jordyn Wieber

#feeling #gold #gold medal #happiest #i

I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#around #artist #center #come #context

So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#cruise #eyes #going #gone #life

Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#leaves #next #person #pulled #similar

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#direction #find #gut #listen #out

I'm not just gonna go after the black Jesse Jackson they all want to make fun of, but I know the wrong people are gonna laugh at that. I don't want to play to that crowd. I don't. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#black #crowd #fun #go #gonna

I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#i #know #lot #means #relationship