I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
An artist who wants to transpose a composition onto a larger canvas must conceive it over again in order to preserve its… — 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
Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free… — 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
