"Composition is the art of arranging in a……" — Henri Matisse
"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 separate part will be visible and... everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmful."
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182 Quotes by Henri Matisse
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There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look.
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An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that…
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An artist must not feel under any constraint.
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Drawing is putting a line around an idea.
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Seek for the boldest color possible, content is irrelevant.
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The main function of color should be to serve expression.
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Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.
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Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of…
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My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the…
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Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's…
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.
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Too much of our work amounts to the drudgery of arranging means toward ends, mechanically placing the right foot in…
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Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
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Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men…
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The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then,…
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Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to…
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Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone…
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I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of…
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That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.
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But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage,…
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