--- title: "14 Paint Quotes By Henri Matisse" description: "14 Paint quotes by Henri Matisse. Plus more from Henri Matisse and more Paint sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/henri-matisse-1641_emotion_i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but_1741683.jpg" --- > [I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but-the-emotion-it-produces-upon/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/henri-matisse-1641_emotion_i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but_1741683.jpg) > [Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/starting-to-paint-i-felt-gloriously-free-quiet-and-alone/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/henri-matisse-1641_artist_starting-to-paint-i-felt-gloriously-free_688272.jpg) > [It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/it-has-always-bothered-me-that-i-don-t-paint-like-everyone-else/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/henri-matisse-1641_artist_it-has-always-bothered-me-that-i-don-t-p_2310254.jpg) > [When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-paint-green-it-doesn-t-mean-grass-when-i-paint-blue-it-doesn-t/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/henri-matisse-1641_blue_when-i-paint-green-it-doesn-t-mean-grass_1382208.jpg) > [I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-don-t-paint-things-i-only-paint-the-difference-between-things/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/henri-matisse-1641_art_i-don-t-paint-things-i-only-paint-the-di_185803.jpg) > [When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-eat-a-tomato-i-look-at-it-the-way-anyone-else-would-but-when-i/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/henri-matisse-1641_creative_when-i-eat-a-tomato-i-look-at-it-the-way_285372.jpg) > [It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/it-has-bothered-me-all-my-life-that-i-do-not-paint-like-everybody-else/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/henri-matisse-1641_art_it-has-bothered-me-all-my-life-that-i-do_1458567.jpg) > [When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise... In everyday life I was usually bored and vexed...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-started-to-paint-i-felt-transported-into-a-kind-of-paradise-in/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/henri-matisse-1641_bored_when-i-started-to-paint-i-felt-transport_1570360.jpg) > [Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/expression-is-not-a-matter-of-passion-mirrored-on-the-human-face-or/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/henri-matisse-1641_details_expression-is-not-a-matter-of-passion-mi_2143855.jpg) > [There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/there-is-nothing-more-difficult-for-a-truly-creative-painter-than-to-2/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/henri-matisse-1641_artist_there-is-nothing-more-difficult-for-a-tr_3079536.jpg) > [You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/you-want-to-paint-first-of-all-you-must-cut-off-your-tongue-because/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/henri-matisse-1641_away-from-you_you-want-to-paint-first-of-all-you-must_1697618.jpg) > [There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/there-is-nothing-more-difficult-for-a-truly-creative-painter-than-to/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/henri-matisse-1641_creative_there-is-nothing-more-difficult-for-a-tr_2224051.jpg) > [I don't paint women, I paint pictures. . . What I am after above all is expression. If in a portrait I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-don-t-paint-women-i-paint-pictures-what-i-am-after-above-all-is/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/henri-matisse-1641_certain_i-don-t-paint-women-i-paint-pictures-wha_1932450.jpg) > [Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/expression-for-me-does-not-reside-in-passions-glowing-in-a-human-face/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/henri-matisse-1641_arrangements_expression-for-me-does-not-reside-in-pas_2980221.jpg) ## Other authors on Paint ## More by Henri Matisse > [The wall around the window does not create two worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/the-wall-around-the-window-does-not-create-two-worlds/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/arrival-prison-and-the-artist-must-never-be-a-prisoner/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [To arrive is to be in prison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/to-arrive-is-to-be-in-prison/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-saw-what-a-mess-everything-was-in-i-asked-for-my-money-back-on/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/a-painting-in-an-interior-spreads-joy-around-it-by-the-colors-which/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/color-was-not-given-to-us-in-order-that-we-should-imitate-nature-it/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/if-it-is-practiced-by-a-man-of-taste-the-photograph-will-have-the/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-have-always-tried-to-hide-my-efforts-and-wished-my-works-to-have-a/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/the-chief-function-of-color-should-be-to-serve-expression-as-well-as/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/one-gets-into-a-state-of-creativity-by-conscious-work/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/my-pictures-are-made-up-of-four-or-five-colors-that-collide-with-one/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [What I dream of is an art of balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/what-i-dream-of-is-an-art-of-balance/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-am-driven-on-by-an-idea-that-i-really-only-grasp-as-it-grows-with/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-don-t-paint-things-i-only-paint-the-difference-between-things/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) > [After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/after-a-half-century-of-hard-work-and-reflection-the-wall-is-still/) [Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/paint/henri-matisse/#itemlist", "name": "14 Paint Quotes By Henri Matisse", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Matisse" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but-the-emotion-it-produces-upon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/henri-matisse-1641_emotion_i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but_1741683.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/henri-matisse-1641_emotion_i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but_1741683.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/henri-matisse-1641_emotion_i-do-not-literally-paint-that-table-but_1741683.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.” — Henri Matisse", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Matisse" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/starting-to-paint-i-felt-gloriously-free-quiet-and-alone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/henri-matisse-1641_artist_starting-to-paint-i-felt-gloriously-free_688272.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/henri-matisse-1641_artist_starting-to-paint-i-felt-gloriously-free_688272.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/henri-matisse-1641_artist_starting-to-paint-i-felt-gloriously-free_688272.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.” — Henri Matisse", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Matisse" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/it-has-always-bothered-me-that-i-don-t-paint-like-everyone-else/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/henri-matisse-1641_artist_it-has-always-bothered-me-that-i-don-t-p_2310254.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/henri-matisse-1641_artist_it-has-always-bothered-me-that-i-don-t-p_2310254.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/henri-matisse-1641_artist_it-has-always-bothered-me-that-i-don-t-p_2310254.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else” — Henri Matisse", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Matisse" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/when-i-paint-green-it-doesn-t-mean-grass-when-i-paint-blue-it-doesn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/henri-matisse-1641_blue_when-i-paint-green-it-doesn-t-mean-grass_1382208.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/henri-matisse-1641_blue_when-i-paint-green-it-doesn-t-mean-grass_1382208.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/henri-matisse-1641_blue_when-i-paint-green-it-doesn-t-mean-grass_1382208.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.” — Henri Matisse", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't paint things. 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