Author: 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

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.

- Henri Matisse

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

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

- Henri Matisse

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

- 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.

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

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

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

- Henri Matisse

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

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

- Henri Matisse

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.

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

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