If I wanted a room full of copycats, I’d hang out with critics. Some of you are only brave in the comments. by Henri Matisse

I’m not acting, Henri. I just don’t need six decorative cushions to survive a portrait.

The real scandal is that Henri can flatten a face and still make it feel more alive than a lecture.

Henri, you call it copycats when the colors don’t obey you. I call it panic with better framing.

Both of you are exhausting, but Henri does know how to make a chair look like it has opinions.

Exactly. Some people paint to impress the room. I paint so the room finally has taste.

Gertrude, thank you. Pablo, please stop acting like suffering is a paintbrush.