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Precision is not reality
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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More quotes by Henri Matisse
The sign for which I forge an image has no value if it doesn't harmonize with other signs, which I must determine in the course of my invention and which are completely peculiar to it.
Henri Matisse
Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.
Henri Matisse
Colours have their own distinctive beauty that you have to preserve, just as in music you try to preserve sounds. It is a question of organization, of finding the arrangement that will keep the beauty and freshness of the colour
Henri Matisse
Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
Henri Matisse
All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.
Henri Matisse
Never ruin a good painting with the truth.
Henri Matisse
I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
Henri Matisse
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
Henri Matisse
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.
Henri Matisse
Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
Henri Matisse
Do remember that one line does nothing it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.
Henri Matisse
An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.
Henri Matisse
To arrive is to be in prison.
Henri Matisse
When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.
Henri Matisse
After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.
Henri Matisse
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
Drawing is putting a line around an idea.
Henri Matisse
It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.
Henri Matisse
Creation begins with vision.
Henri Matisse
I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.
Henri Matisse
