Best Henri Matisse Quotations
- A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject. Artistic
- Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions. Color
- The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to ... Compressed
- The truly original artist invents his own signs. Artist
- There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have… Absolute
- I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair. Analogous
- All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous details would, in… All
- The sign for which I forge an image has no value if it doesn't harmonize with other signs, which I must determine in the course… Completely
- Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young again and philosophical… Awful
- From Bonheur de Vivre - I was thirty-five then - to this cut-out - I am eighty-two - I have not changed; not in the… All
- Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that; they wanted to safeguard… Age
- A colourist makes his presence known even in a simple charcoal drawing. Charcoal
- Put a colour upon a canvas - it not only colours with that colour the part of the canvas to which the colour has been… Applied
- Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every… Arranging
- Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given… According
- Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken out of the… Art
- Fit the parts together, one into the other, and build your figure like a carpenter builds a house. Everything must be constructed, composed of parts… Build
- The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything… Artist
- Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of… Artist
- The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort. Artist
- I shan't get free of my emotion by copying the tree faithfully, or by drawing its leaves one by one in the common language, but… Common
- I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Clarity
- Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every… Detail
- Perhaps I might be satisfied, momentarily, with a work finished at one sitting, but I would soon get bored looking at it; therefore, I prefer… Bored
- When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise... In everyday life I was usually bored and vexed... Starting to paint… Bored
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