...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture. — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters? — Henri Matisse Artist Copy Share Image
To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought. — Henri Matisse Artist Copy Share Image
We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought,… — Henri Matisse Curiosity Copy Share Image
If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the… — Henri Matisse Artist Copy Share Image
Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can… — Henri Matisse Color Copy Share Image
It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself. — Henri Matisse Color Copy Share Image
I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always… — Henri Matisse Artist Copy Share Image
Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express… — Henri Matisse Color Copy Share Image
What matters most to me? To work with my model until I have it enough in me to be able to improvise,… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but… — Henri Matisse Artist Copy Share Image
Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations. The… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
The sign for which I forge an image has no value if it doesn't harmonize with other signs, which I must determine… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
An artist who wants to transpose a composition onto a larger canvas must conceive it over again in order to preserve its… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the truth. An artist must recognize, when he… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color… — Henri Matisse Color Copy Share Image
Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of… — Henri Matisse Arrangements Copy Share Image
I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were… — Henri Matisse Anger Copy Share Image
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