Art Quote by Henri Matisse Download Open image “Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done...” — Henri Matisse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Artist Easily Done Easily Easily Satisfied Satisfaction Satisfied
The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
You can never tell when an artist really will take up someone's work and work with it happily. — Peter Porter Copy Share Image
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain… — John Updike Copy Share Image
An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
Even if we artists are all very privileged, there's a constant frustration about how to do more or better, and never being satisfied. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it. — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
I feel I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. — Madhuri Dixit Nene Copy Share Image
When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
