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Henri Matisse Quotes

The main function of color should be to serve expression Picture Quote #1

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty Picture Quote #1

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful Picture Quote #1

Would not it be best to leave room to mystery? Picture Quote #1

Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us Picture Quote #1

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further Picture Quote #1

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The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer Picture Quote #1

Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone Picture Quote #1

A certain blue enters your soul Picture Quote #1

Work cures everything Picture Quote #1

Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance Picture Quote #1

Creativity takes courage Picture Quote #1

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What I am after, above all, is expression Picture Quote #1

It has always bothered me that I don’t paint like everyone else Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces Picture Quote #1

Creation is the artist’s true function; where there is no creation there is no art Picture Quote #1

If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open Picture Quote #1

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My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. Inspired by certain pages of Delacroix, an artist like Signac is preoccupied with complementary colors, and the theoretical knowledge of them will lead him to use a certain tone in a certain place. But I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation Picture Quote #1

The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays a part Picture Quote #1

I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture Picture Quote #1

Drawing is putting a line round an idea Picture Quote #1

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage Picture Quote #1

I simply put down colours which render my sensation Picture Quote #1

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For me all is in the conception. I must therefore have a clear vision of the whole from the beginning Picture Quote #1

I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitutes a picture Picture Quote #1

I’m growing old, I delight in the past Picture Quote #1

I have been no more than a medium, as it were Picture Quote #1

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The main function of color should be to serve expression (Henri Matisse Quotes) Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty (Henri Matisse Quotes) A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful (Henri Matisse Quotes) Would not it be best to leave room to mystery? (Henri Matisse Quotes) Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us (Henri Matisse Quotes) I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further (Henri Matisse Quotes) The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer (Henri Matisse Quotes) Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone (Henri Matisse Quotes) A certain blue enters your soul (Henri Matisse Quotes) Work cures everything (Henri Matisse Quotes) Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance (Henri Matisse Quotes) Creativity takes courage (Henri Matisse Quotes) What I am after, above all, is expression (Henri Matisse Quotes) It has always bothered me that I don’t paint like everyone else (Henri Matisse Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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) Creation is the artist’s true function; where there is no creation there is no art (Henri Matisse Quotes) If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open (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. Inspired by certain pages of Delacroix, an artist like Signac is preoccupied with complementary colors, and the theoretical knowledge of them will lead him to use a certain tone in a certain place. But I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation. (Henri Matisse Quotes) The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays a part. (Henri Matisse Quotes) I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture (Henri Matisse Quotes) Drawing is putting a line round an idea (Henri Matisse Quotes) The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage (Henri Matisse Quotes) I simply put down colours which render my sensation (Henri Matisse Quotes) For me all is in the conception. I must therefore have a clear vision of the whole from the beginning (Henri Matisse Quotes) I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitutes a picture (Henri Matisse Quotes) I’m growing old, I delight in the past (Henri Matisse Quotes) I have been no more than a medium, as it were (Henri Matisse Quotes) It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else (Henri Matisse Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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