The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
My models, my human figures, are never like extras in an interior. They are the main theme of my work. I depend… — 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
The model for me is a touchstone, it is a door which I must break open in order to reach the garden… — 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
