Nature Quotes by Henri Matisse

9 Nature quotes by Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse’s painterly eye translates the natural world into bursts of color and form. These nine short lines give a quick, visual sense of his artistic appreciation for the environment.

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Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express…

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Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can…

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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground…

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An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later…

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Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which…

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A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods…

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Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations. The…

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I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the…

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Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the truth. An artist must recognize, when he…

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The wall around the window does not create two worlds.

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Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.

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To arrive is to be in prison.

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When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was…

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A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.

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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…

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I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect…

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The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.

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One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work.

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My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another…

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What I dream of is an art of balance.

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...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.

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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

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After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.

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