Henri Matisse Quotes

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

Nature, Flowers

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

Good, Art, Mind

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.
Henri Matisse

Love, Nothing, Him

Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse

Courage, Creativity, Takes

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

Art, Between, Difference

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
Henri Matisse

Soul, Newspaper

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

Success, Artist, Himself

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

Art, Making, Advantage

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

Work, Happiness, Good

My curves are not crazy.
Henri Matisse

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

Character, Woman, Young

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.
Henri Matisse

Emotion, Paint, Table

Work cures everything.
Henri Matisse

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

Design, After, Young

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

Nature, Him, Her

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.
Henri Matisse

Color, Direct, Cutting

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
Henri Matisse

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

Youth, Vision, Extreme

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
Henri Matisse

Mind, Turning, Goldfish

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

Energy, Color, Seems

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

Art, Work, Time

Exactitude is not truth.
Henri Matisse

I'm growing old, I delight in the past.
Henri Matisse

Past, Old, Growing

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.
Henri Matisse

Love, Away, Winner

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
Henri Matisse

Grow, Tree, Instinct

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: December 31, 1869

Died: November 3, 1954

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