"Matisse understood the dilemma of the picture plane and its tropism toward outward extension better than anyone. His pictures grew bigger as if, in a topological paradox, depth were being translated into a flat analog. On this, place was signified by up and down and left and right, by color, by drawing that rarely closed a contour without calling on the surface to contradict it, and by paint applied with a kind of cheerful impartiality to every part of the surface. In Matisse's large paintings we are hardly ever conscious of the frame. He solved the problem of lateral extention and containment with perfect tact. He doesn't emphasize the center at the expense of the edge, or vice versa. His pictures don't make arrogant claims to stretches of bare wall. They look good almost anywhere. Their tough, informal structure is combined with a decorative prudence that makes them remarkably self-sufficient. They are easy to hang. "

Brian O'Doherty Inside the White Cube lk 23-24.
Raamide kadumisest. Mulle isiklikult pole raamid kunagi meeldinud.
Aga juhuslikult jäi mul just enne selle lõigu lugemist ette kevadel Peterburi Ermitaažis tehtud foto Matisse'i maalitud varvastest.