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I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. — Henri Matisse

He doth nothing but talk of his horses. — William Shakespeare

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

Clock time is our bank manager, tax collector, police inspector; this inner time is our wife. — Audrey Niffenegger

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

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

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

It's been a rollercoaster life but it hasn't been boring. — Cynthia Payne

Creativity takes courage. — Henri Matisse

All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone. — Henri Matisse

Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us. — Henri Matisse

Anything that is not necessary to the painting damages it. Henri Matisse — Volkmar Essers

The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America. — Henri Matisse

What I dream of is an art of balance. — Henri Matisse

I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair. — Henri Matisse

I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture. — Henri Matisse

I'm completely aware of Matisse and what he said, that painters must begin by cutting out their tongues. — Don DeLillo

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 art, anyway. — Ravi Shankar

A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter ... — Henri Matisse

When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky. — Henri Matisse

Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner. — Henri Matisse

Seek the strongest color effect possible ... the content is of no importance. — Henri Matisse

Creation is the artist's true function; where there is no creation there is no art. — Henri Matisse

All art worthy of the name is religious. — Henri Matisse

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. — Henri Matisse

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium. — Henri Matisse

What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure. — Henri Matisse

His muse walked the streets with the others but she wore galoshes and was terribly afraid of being recognized. — Harold Nicolson

Art is an escape from reality. — Henri Matisse

Would not it be best to leave room to mystery? — Henri Matisse

Does Cole know you're made of ice?"
"Yes. He likes to melt me. — Gena Showalter

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. — Henri Matisse

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

Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. — Henri Matisse

The laws of cricket tell of the English love of compromise between a particular freedom and a general orderliness, or legality. — Neville Cardus