Henri Matisse

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

Henri Matisse
art

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

Henri Matisse
art

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

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
art

Creativity takes courage.

Henri Matisse
courage

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

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

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

Henri Matisse
happiness

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

Henri Matisse
love

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

Henri Matisse
nature

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