If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The artist has to look at life as he did when he was a child. If he loses that faculty, he cannot… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods… — 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 arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I don't paint women, I paint pictures. . . What I am after above all is expression. If in a portrait I… — 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
If people knew what Matisse, supposedly the painter of happiness, had gone through, the anguish and tragedy he had to overcome to… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of… — Henri Matisse 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
Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out. — 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
