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Picture Quotes by Henri Matisse
- I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
- ...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.
- ...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays…
- Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give,…
- A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or…
- Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the truth. An artist must recognize, when he is reasoning, that…
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