You can’t help but remember these words in the show’s final room, which features Matisse’s late paper cutouts, including his “Blue Nude I,” one of the most famous images of the 20th century.

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs is on at the Tate Modern from Thursday 17 April until Sunday 7 September 2014 ...

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs is on at the Tate Modern from Thursday 17 April until Sunday 7 September 2014 Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Jean-Claude Planchet, Artwork:© Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2014 ...

"Earthenware blue," Agret found on invoices preserved ... It's a difficult question, which Matisse's paper cut-outs will undoubtedly help to answer. Nathaniel Herzberg Translation of an original ...