Best Henri Matisse Quotes
- Would not it be best to leave room to mystery? Art
- What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure. Art
- Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance. Art
- I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish. Art
- What I dream of is an art of balance. Art
- Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue Begin
- From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a… Beast
- The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art. Art
- The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist… Artist
- For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself. Avoided
- If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone. Amaze
- An artist who wants to transpose a composition onto a larger canvas must conceive it over again in order to preserve its expression; he must… Alter
- I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to… Any
- My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another… Collide
- The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America. America
- Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us. Art
- It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being,… Activities
- Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple. Affect
- The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice. Basic
- The living model, the naked body of a woman, is the privileged seat of feeling, but also of questioning... The model must mark you, awaken… Awaken
- When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion. Artist
- I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. Art
- ...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture. Art
- ...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is. Art
- A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave. Cannot Liberate
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