Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I don't paint women, I paint pictures. . . What I am after above all is expression. If in a portrait I… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The sign is determined at the moment I use it and for the object of which it must form a part. For… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond… — 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
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
