Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Henri Matisse quotes, Henri Matisse sayings, and Henri Matisse proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.Henri Matisse
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There are always flowers for those who want to see them.Henri Matisse
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If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit.Henri Matisse
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Drawing is putting a line around an idea.Henri Matisse
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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.Henri Matisse
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Purer colors have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.Henri Matisse
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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 brain.Henri Matisse
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Precision is not reality.Henri Matisse
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Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.Henri Matisse
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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
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Remember, a line cannot exist alone; it always brings a companion along. Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.Henri Matisse
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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
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I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.Henri Matisse
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Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.Henri Matisse
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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
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A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.Henri Matisse
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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
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It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. Henri Matisse
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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. Henri Matisse
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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
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In love, the one who runs away is the winner.Henri Matisse
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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