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Henri Matisse Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the french artist Henri Matisse on topics like nature, artist, mind

  • There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

    — Henri Matisse on nature
    13
  • Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

    — Henri Matisse on art
    3
  • I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

    — Henri Matisse on art
    3
  • Henri Matisse quote Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

    Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

    — Henri Matisse
    18
  • There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

    — Henri Matisse on art
    3
  • It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

    — Henri Matisse on design
    3
  • Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

    — Henri Matisse on impressionism
    2
  • Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

    — Henri Matisse on derive
    2
  • 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, the greater it is.

    — Henri Matisse on art
    0
  • I don't know whether I believe in God or not.

    I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

    — Henri Matisse on prayer
    0
  • An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

    — Henri Matisse on artist
    0
  • An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

    — Henri Matisse on artist
    0
  • What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

    — Henri Matisse on armchair
    0
  • About Henri Matisse

    Name Henri Matisse
    Quotes 18 quotations
    Nationality French
    Profession Artist
    Birthday October 16
    About Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century.
    Top topics nature, artist, mind, possess, paint
  • You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete.

    It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

    — Henri Matisse on desire
    0
  • I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

    — Henri Matisse on goldfish
    0
  • With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

    — Henri Matisse on witchcraft
    0
  • I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

    — Henri Matisse on medium
    0
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  • In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature.

    You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking of a tightrope.

    — Henri Matisse on nature
    0
  • 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 rather in light.

    — Henri Matisse on conscious
    0
  • Related Topics

    • nature
    • flowers
    • art
    • advantage
    • drawing
    • expressive
    • gesture
    • making
    • permanence
    • difference
    • paint
    • things
    • difficult
    • creative
    • painter
    • rose
    • forget
    • roses
    • painted
    • design
    • artist
    • color
    • expression
    • means
    • personal
    • preparation
    • touch
    • years
    • young
    • descriptively
    • impressionism
    • newspaper
    • soul
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