Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can… — Henri Matisse 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 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 Copy Share Image
I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The living model, the naked body of a woman, is the privileged seat of feeling, but also of questioning... The model must… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I shan't get free of my emotion by copying the tree faithfully, or by drawing its leaves one by one in the… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us. — Henri Matisse 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 express our… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
