Everything that we see in our daily lives is more or less distorted by acquired habits and this is perhaps more evident… — Henri Matisse 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 Copy Share Image
The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he… — Henri Matisse 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 Copy Share Image
From the first shock of the contemplation of a face depends the principal sensation which guides me throughout the entire execution of… — 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
