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An artist who wants to transp...

An artist who wants to transpose a composition onto a larger canvas must conceive it over again in order to preserve its expression; he must alter its character and not just fill in the squares into which he has divided his canvas.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

I want to reach that condensa...

I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

I have simply wished to asser...

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

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

Love wants to rise, not to be...

Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. Derive happiness from yourself, from a good day's work, from the clearing that it makes in the fog that surrounds us.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

Color helps to express light,...

Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

When a painting is finished, ...

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur to understand that which the artist dos not yet comprehend.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

I didn't expect to recover fr...

I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

A work of art must carry in i...

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 233 quotes

Purer colors... have in thems...

Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

The portrait is one of the mo...

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

All my efforts go into creati...

All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

Hatred is a parasite that dev...

Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn't build upon hatred, but upon love.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

Whoever wishes to devote hims...

Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

Did not the artists of the gr...

Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that; they wanted to safeguard their freedom.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

The splitting up of color [as...

The splitting up of color [as Impressionists did] brought the splitting up of form and contour . . . Everything is reduced to a mere sensation of the retina, but one which destroys all tranquility of surface and contour. Objects are differentiated only by the luminosity that is given them.

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I am curious about color as o...

I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

An artist must not feel under...

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

I simply try to put down colo...

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

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I have always sought to be un...

I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness toward criticism, regardless of its source. I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could make it more so.

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...for whether we want to or ...

...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.

Henri Matisse 233 quotes

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