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 Quotes
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
 

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The paper cutouts allow me to draw with color. For me, it is a simplification. Instead of drawing an outline and then filling in with color-with one modifying the other-I draw directly in color...It is not a starting point, it is a completion. - Henri Matisse Quotes

The paper cutouts allow me to draw with color. For me, it is a simplification. Instead of drawing an outline and then filling in with color-with one modifying the other-I draw directly in color...It is not a starting point, it is a completion.

Henri Matisse

 
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. - Henri Matisse Quotes

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

Henri Matisse

 Jazz
Drawing is putting a line (a)round an idea. - Henri Matisse Quotes

Drawing is putting a line (a)round an idea.

Henri Matisse

 Drawing
There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence, - Henri Matisse Quotes

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence,

Henri Matisse

 
Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young again and philosophical which means that I don't want to fritter away the new lease on life I've been given. - Henri Matisse Quotes

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young again and philosophical which means that I don't want to fritter away the new lease on life I've been given.

Henri Matisse

 
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. - Henri Matisse Quotes

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.

Henri Matisse

 Art French Artist
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. - Henri Matisse Quotes

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

Henri Matisse

 Advantage French Artist
Jazz is rhythm and meaning. - Henri Matisse Quotes

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Henri Matisse

 French Artist Jazz
My curves are not crazy. - Henri Matisse Quotes

My curves are not crazy.

Henri Matisse

 French Artist
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. - Henri Matisse Quotes

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.

Henri Matisse

 
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