All Henri Matisse Quotes
- There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look. Bother
- An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under… Any
- An artist must not feel under any constraint. Any
- Drawing is putting a line around an idea. Drawing
- Seek for the boldest color possible, content is irrelevant. Boldest
- The main function of color should be to serve expression. Color
- Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation. Color
- Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty. Beauty
- It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself. Color
- Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them. Action
- My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. Any
- Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain. Artist
- A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful. Bucketful
- A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure. Blood
- Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working. Art
- In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there remains an energy… All
- I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I… Allowed
- Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a… Arise
- The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One… Acquired
- Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. Armchair