Mattise on Happiness

''Draw happiness from oneself, from a good days work,
from the light that it can bring into the fog that enshrouds us.
Think that all of those who have succeeded,
when they remember the difficulties of there beginnings,
shout out with conviction: Those were the days
Because for most people: success=prison
and an artist should never be a prisoner;
prisoner of himself, prisoner of a style, prisoner of reputation or prisoner of success''

Herny Mattise
Jazz