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Henri Matisse quotes: I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
Henri Matisse quotes: There's nothing clinically wrong with me, only an emotional imbalance - I pass too quickly from the wildest enthusiasm to the blackest despair. There's nothing clinically wrong with me, only an emotional imbalance - I pass too quickly from the wildest enthusiasm to the blackest despair.
Henri Matisse quotes: What I am after, above all, is expression. What I am after, above all, is expression.
Henri Matisse quotes: Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume. Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.
Henri Matisse quotes: I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends.
Henri Matisse quotes: A certain blue enters your soul A certain blue enters your soul
Henri Matisse quotes: Drawing is of the spirit; color is of the senses. Drawing is of the spirit; color is of the senses.
Henri Matisse quotes: I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting. I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.
Henri Matisse quotes: It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony. It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.
Henri Matisse quotes: The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model. The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.
Henri Matisse quotes: I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it. I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.
Henri Matisse quotes: The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art. The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.
Henri Matisse quotes: For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself. For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.
Henri Matisse quotes: A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject. A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject.
Henri Matisse quotes: Drawing is putting a line around an idea. Drawing is putting a line around an idea.
Henri Matisse quotes: An artist must not feel under any constraint. An artist must not feel under any constraint.
Henri Matisse quotes: I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black. I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.
Henri Matisse quotes: There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
Henri Matisse quotes: What I dream of is an art of balance. What I dream of is an art of balance.
Henri Matisse quotes: I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces. I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces.
Henri Matisse quotes: Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us. Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us.
Henri Matisse quotes: I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition. I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.
Henri Matisse quotes: Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
Henri Matisse quotes: Creation begins with vision. Creation begins with vision.
Henri Matisse quotes: An artist is an explorer. An artist is an explorer.
Henri Matisse quotes: Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner. Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.
Henri Matisse quotes: My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.
Henri Matisse quotes: A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres. A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres.
Henri Matisse quotes: A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful. A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.
Henri Matisse quotes: Drawing is ... not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods. Drawing is ... not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.
Henri Matisse quotes: Precision is not reality Precision is not reality
Henri Matisse quotes: I have to create an object which resembles the tree. The sign for a tree, and not the sign that other artists may have found for the tree. I have to create an object which resembles the tree. The sign for a tree, and not the sign that other artists may have found for the tree.
Henri Matisse quotes: In love, the one who runs away is the winner. In love, the one who runs away is the winner.
Henri Matisse quotes: Another word for creativity is courage. Another word for creativity is courage.
Henri Matisse quotes: A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you. A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.
Henri Matisse quotes: Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort. Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.
Henri Matisse quotes: One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work. One gets into a state of creativity by conscious work.
Henri Matisse quotes: I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
Henri Matisse quotes: The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort. The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.
Henri Matisse quotes: I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture. I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.
Henri Matisse quotes: My curves are not crazy. My curves are not crazy.
Henri Matisse quotes: I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair. I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.
Henri Matisse quotes: If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open. If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.
Henri Matisse quotes: My models, my human figures, are never like extras in an interior. They are the main theme of my work. I depend absolutely on my model ... My models, my human figures, are never like extras in an interior. They are the main theme of my work. I depend absolutely on my model ...
Henri Matisse quotes: Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working. Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
Henri Matisse quotes: Creativity takes courage. Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse quotes: My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another ... My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another ...
Henri Matisse quotes: When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky. When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.
Henri Matisse quotes: The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to ... The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to ...
Henri Matisse quotes: I'm growing old, I delight in the past. I'm growing old, I delight in the past.
Henri Matisse quotes: Seek the strongest color effect possible ... the content is of no importance. Seek the strongest color effect possible ... the content is of no importance.
Henri Matisse quotes: When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion. When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion.
Henri Matisse quotes: I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me. I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.
Henri Matisse quotes: The main function of color should be to serve expression. The main function of color should be to serve expression.
Henri Matisse quotes: Art is an escape from reality. Art is an escape from reality.
Henri Matisse quotes: Never ruin a good painting with the truth. Never ruin a good painting with the truth.
Henri Matisse quotes: Would not it be best to leave room to mystery? Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
Henri Matisse quotes: After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there. After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.
Henri Matisse quotes: It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
Henri Matisse quotes: Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out. Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.
Henri Matisse quotes: Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn't build upon hatred, but upon love. Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn't build upon hatred, but upon love.
Henri Matisse quotes: Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul
Henri Matisse quotes: A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure. A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.
Henri Matisse quotes: Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Henri Matisse quotes: An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint. An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.
Henri Matisse quotes: What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure. What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure.
Henri Matisse quotes: A colourist makes his presence known even in a simple charcoal drawing. A colourist makes his presence known even in a simple charcoal drawing.
Henri Matisse quotes: Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illumination the fog that surround Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illumination the fog that surround
Henri Matisse quotes: Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse quotes: Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty. Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
Henri Matisse quotes: To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage. To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.
Henri Matisse quotes: To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought. To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
Henri Matisse quotes: He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
Henri Matisse quotes: Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving. Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.
Henri Matisse quotes: The truly original artist invents his own signs. The truly original artist invents his own signs.
Henri Matisse quotes: The wall around the window does not create two worlds. The wall around the window does not create two worlds.
Henri Matisse quotes: I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.
Henri Matisse quotes: Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue
Henri Matisse quotes: Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions. Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.
Henri Matisse quotes: If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone. If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone.
Henri Matisse quotes: A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a new form into it. A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a new form into it.
Henri Matisse quotes: There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look. There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look.
Henri Matisse quotes: Creation is the artist's true function; where there is no creation there is no art. Creation is the artist's true function; where there is no creation there is no art.
Henri Matisse quotes: The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice. The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.
Henri Matisse quotes: Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple. Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.
Henri Matisse quotes: The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling. The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.
Henri Matisse quotes: The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child. The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.
Henri Matisse quotes: When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I see it differently. When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I see it differently.
Henri Matisse quotes: Work cures everything. Work cures everything.
Henri Matisse quotes: I have been no more than a medium, as it were. I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
Henri Matisse quotes: Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone. Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
Henri Matisse quotes: With greater completeness and abstraction, I have attained a form filtered to its essentials. With greater completeness and abstraction, I have attained a form filtered to its essentials.
Henri Matisse quotes: Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation. Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.
Henri Matisse quotes: All art worthy of the name is religious. All art worthy of the name is religious.
Henri Matisse quotes: The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer. The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.
Henri Matisse quotes: I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
Henri Matisse quotes: It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else
Henri Matisse quotes: When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick. When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.
Henri Matisse quotes: Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium. Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.
Henri Matisse quotes: It is through the human figure that I best succeed in expressing the nearly religious feeling that I have towards life. It is through the human figure that I best succeed in expressing the nearly religious feeling that I have towards life.

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