In their pursuit of the same supreme end, Matisse and Picasso stand side by side, Matisse representing color and Picasso form. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
The Matisse seemed to respond to the decreasing light by increasing its own wattage. Every object in the room was drained of… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
You couldn't forget Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miro either. And it had to be, you know, at least as good… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
Futurism and Cubism are comparable in importance to the invention of perspective, for which they substituted a new concept of space. All… — Gino Severini Copy Share Image
Matisse can make you hate your life for its comparatively insipid joys. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
There's no concession to the fact that Dylan might be a more sophisticated singer than Whitney Houston, that he's probably the most… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Near the end of his life, Henri Matisse's preferred attire was evening wear, by which I mean pajamas. — Holland Cotter Copy Share Image
But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing… — Jemima Kirke Copy Share Image
Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I hardly painted… — Helen Frankenthaler Copy Share Image
Look, Matisse I ain't. You know how they have on the invitations, a reception for the artist will be held at... And… — Phil Stern Copy Share Image
Modernism in a way, early modernism, for instance, in pictures, was turning against perspective and Europe. And all early modernism is actually… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line.… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque India belongs only to me. — Amrita Sher-Gil Copy Share Image
You cannot deny your origins: I love Kirchner more than Matisse, although Matisse was a greater artist. That isn't to do with… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
My best efforts were some modern things that looked like very lousy Matisses. Thank God I had the sense to realize they… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
Picasso and Matisse were the guys I wanted to get away from, and cubism is all still lifes. Their paintings are all… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“We both disliked rude rickshwalas, shepu bhaji in any form, group photographs at weddings, lizards, tea that has gone cold, the habit… — Sachin Kundalkar Copy Share Image
It was Matisse who took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly. — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings,… — Anthony Caro Copy Share Image
