"Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us." ― Henri Matisse Topic(s): Happiness More From Henri Matisse "Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence." "He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back." "Creativity takes courage." More In Happiness "My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn’t have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family."― Dave Grohl "My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive."― Horatio Nelson "Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness."― George Sand