What Matisse says about painting applies to poetry or at least to mine. What does he say? I'll go and find it.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter—a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Devoid, really, of any subject matter at all. That's the stuff!
A aintr fills his canvas with paint. A poet fills his page with words. It doesn't matter what they say so long as they are beautiful words. Or the right words if you like..
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