"I never retouch a sketch: I take a……" — Henri Matisse
"I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further."
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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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