Henri Matisse
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
-Henri Matisse
art
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
-Henri Matisse
art
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
-Henri Matisse
art
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
-Henri Matisse
art
Creativity takes courage.
-Henri Matisse
courage
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
-Henri Matisse
design
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
-Henri Matisse
good
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
-Henri Matisse
happiness
He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back.
-Henri Matisse
love
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
-Henri Matisse
nature
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
-Henri Matisse
nature
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
-Henri Matisse
nature
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
-Henri Matisse
power
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
-Henri Matisse
success
Exactitude is not truth.
-Henri Matisse
truth
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