Artist Quote by Peter Schjeldahl

In their pursuit of the same supreme end, Matisse and Picasso stand side by side, Matisse representing color and Picasso form.

— Wassily Kandinsky

Matisse draws what I call the essence of the plants. He leaves a shape open. He'll do a leaf and not close it. Everybody…

— Ellsworth Kelly

Near the end of his life, Henri Matisse's preferred attire was evening wear, by which I mean pajamas.

— Holland Cotter

There's no concession to the fact that Dylan might be a more sophisticated singer than Whitney Houston, that he's probably the most sophisticated singer…

— Leonard Cohen

“Matisse never hoped to save lives. But he repeatedly said that he wanted to make paintings so serenely beautiful that when one came upon…

— Elaine Scarry

I've photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi.

— Carl Van Vechten

Futurism and Cubism are comparable in importance to the invention of perspective, for which they substituted a new concept of space. All subsequent movements…

— Gino Severini

You couldn't forget Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miro either. And it had to be, you know, at least as good or better.

— Frank Stella

The Matisse seemed to respond to the decreasing light by increasing its own wattage. Every object in the room was drained of color, but…

— Steve Martin

“Don't talk to me about Matisse the European style of 1900, the tradition of the studio where the nude style woman reclines forever on…

— Michael Ondaatje

I love the work of Matisse and Picasso, but I don't have enough millions to own one. And I don't really believe in owning…

— Ravi Shankar

Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave them about...…

— David Hockney