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"30 Henri Matisse Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 31 December 1869. Died: 3 November 1954 | Artist |

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

Always flowers Want See
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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things

Paint things Difference between
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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

An artist Prisoner
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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft
Color Obtains Stem Witchcraft
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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Drawing Making Expressive gesture Permanence
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I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.
Literally paint Emotion Produce
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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.

Picture Possess Generate light Long time
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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

More difficult Truly creative Painter
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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.

Influence Nature Able Walk firmly
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He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back

Loves Flies Rejoices Back
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I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

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

Derive happiness Good Illuminating Surrounds
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In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

In love Runs away
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I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

Know Believe God Essential thing
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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.

Years Preparation Young artist Color
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The artist must summon all his energy, his sincerity, and the greatest modesty in order to shatter the old cliches that come so easily to hand while working, which can suffocate the little flower that does not come, ever, the way one expects.

Summon Energy Sincerity Greatest modesty
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I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.

Wished Assert Reasoned Independent feeling
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Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn't build upon hatred, but upon love.

Hatred Parasite Devours Love
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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...

Work Art Significance Impose
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The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he saw it for the first time

Effort Distortion Courage Essential
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The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.

Vision Creative operation Effort
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All art worthy of the name is religious.

Art worthy Name Religious
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Never ruin a good painting with the truth.

Never ruin Painting Truth
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Beauty comes from the balance between two and three dimensions, between abstraction and representation - I seek the equilibrium behind changing appearances.

Beauty Balance Dimensions Abstraction
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What's so astonishing about not understanding? There are so many things in art, beginning with art itself, that one doesn't understand. A painter doesn't see everything that he has put in his painting.

Astonishing Understanding Art
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Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

Drawing Particular dexterity Expressing Intimate feeling
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A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a new form into it.
New painting Birth Universe Human mind
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...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.

Driven Idea Grasp Picture
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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.

My choice Rest Scientific theory Observation
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...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.

Our time Share Opinions Feelings
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Henri Matisse Quotes & Sayings