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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.»
«I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.»
Author: Henri Matisse (Artist, Painter) | About: Painting | Keywords: paint
«Work cures everything.»
Author: Henri Matisse (Artist, Painter) | Keywords: cures
«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.»
«Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.»
«It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.»
Author: Henri Matisse (Artist, Painter) | About: Art, Painting, Uniqueness | Keywords: bothered
«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.»
«With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.»
«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.»
«I'm growing old, I delight in the past.»
Author: Henri Matisse (Artist, Painter) | About: Age, Past

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