Little Happier: A Perhaps Apocryphal Story about Matisse--About Time and Mastery

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

This story about Matisse is probably apocryphal, but it’s a great illustration of an important point: a minute of effort may reflect a lifetime of practice. Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Links and notes related to this episode can be found in the latest post here: https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/ Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter If you pre-ordered Gretchen’s new book Outer Order, Inner Calm, get your preorder bonuses here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:03.3	I don't remember where I heard or read this story.
0:06.5	I may have all the facts completely wrong.
0:09.2	This may be utterly apocryphal.
0:11.6	I wasn't able to find a source for it.
0:13.5	If you know this story or you have the correct version of it,
0:16.5	please let me know.
0:18.4	But this story works so well as a story
0:20.8	that I cannot resist telling it,
0:22.9	even if it's likely apocryphal.
0:24.7	So here it is.
0:26.4	One day a client came to the great artist, Henry Matisse,
0:29.6	with a desire to buy one of the master's works.
0:32.8	He tells Matisse that he wants to buy something
0:35.4	and Matisse pulls out a sheet of paper
0:37.6	and with a few depth strokes
0:39.4	creates one of his highly distinctive masterful drawings.
0:43.3	Ah, beautiful, says the customer.
0:45.7	How much?
0:47.0	Matisse names a price so high that the customer is shocked.
0:51.8	So much for just a minute of drawing, he protests?
0:56.3	A minute of drawing.
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