It is my dream to create an art which is filled with balance, purity and calmness, freed from a subject matter that… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
From Bonheur de Vivre - I was thirty-five then - to this cut-out - I am eighty-two - I have not changed;… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a… — Henri Matisse 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
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
