function MatisseQuotes() {
//store the quotations in arrays
quotes = new Array(15);
quotes[0] = "An artist is an explorer.";
quotes[1] = "For me it is the sensation first, then the idea.";
quotes[2] = "One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work.";
quotes[3] = "The simplest means are those which best enable an artist to express himself.";
quotes[4] = "My only method is work and observation.";
quotes[5] = "Simplify life. Don'\t admit anything useless.";
quotes[6] = "I cannot emphasize sufficiently the need for an artist to be honest in his work. Only honesty can give him the high courage he requires if he is to take the work upon him in all modesty.";
quotes[7] = "The hand is only an extension of sensibility and intelligence. The more supple it is, the more obedient. The servant must not become the mistress.";
quotes[8] = "The first step towards creation is to see everything as it really is, and that demands a constant effort. To create is to express what one has within oneself.";
quotes[9] = "What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter, an art that could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair that provides relaxation from fatigue.";
quotes[10] = "My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.";
quotes[11] = "Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality.";
quotes[12] = "The techniques through which you paint can never be too simple. I have also striven for ever greater simplicity. But greater simplicity by no means excludes greater abundance. The simplest techniques free the eye for clarity of vision. In the long run, only the simple technique is convincing. But from time immemorial, it has taken courage to seek simplicity. I believe that it is the most difficult thing in the world. He who uses simple techniques must not be afraid to appear banal.";
quotes[13] = "One cannot live in a house too well kept.";
quotes[14] = "Great love is needed to inspire and sustain this continuous striving towards truth, this concurrent generosity and profound laying bare that accompany the birth of any work of art. But isn't love at the origin of all creation?";
//calculate a random index
index = Math.floor(Math.random() * quotes.length);
//display the quotation
QuoteBox=window.open('','msg','height=209,width=500,left=100,top=100,scrollbars=no');
var msg = QuoteBox.document;
msg.write('Random Henri Matisse Quote');
msg.write('