“You were a painting by Matisse, but you took sleeping pills.”
“Anything that is not necessary to the painting damages it." Henri Matisse”
“If there is some red spot on one of my paintings it is unlikely to be the heart of the work. The painting was done regardless of it. You could remove the red and still the painting would be there. But in Matisse's work it is inconceivable that you could remove a spot of red, no matter how small without the entire painting instantly collapsing.' Pablo Picasso”
“If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.”
“Great.My brother was an entertainer and I was a sleeping pill.”
“I'm doped and thick from my last sleeping pill.”