Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue — Henri Matisse Artist Copy Share Image
Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn't build upon hatred, but upon love. — Henri Matisse Hatred Copy Share Image
Creation is the artist's true function; where there is no creation there is no art. — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. — Henri Matisse Armchair Copy Share Image
The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America. — Henri Matisse America Copy Share Image
The artist has to look at life as he did when he was a child. If he loses that faculty, he cannot… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
One must, of course, have one's entire experience behind one and not have lost the freshness of instinct. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
From the first shock of the contemplation of a face depends the principal sensation which guides me throughout the entire execution of… — Henri Matisse Contemplation Copy Share Image
A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject. — Henri Matisse Artist 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 Artist Copy Share Image
The things that are acquired consciously permit us to express ourselves unconsciously with a certain richness. — 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 Choices 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
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
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
The sign for which I forge an image has no value if it doesn't harmonize with other signs, which I must determine… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the truth. An artist must recognize, when he… — Henri Matisse Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous… — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color… — Henri Matisse Color Copy Share Image
Everything that we see in our daily lives is more or less distorted by acquired habits and this is perhaps more evident… — Henri Matisse Age Copy Share Image
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. — Henri Matisse Art Copy Share Image
A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
