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Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French Artist
Born: Dec 31, 1869
Died: Nov 3, 1954
Art Me Mind Nature Work You
Related authors: Camille Pissarro Claude Monet Edgar Degas Edouard Manet Marc Chagall Marcel Duchamp Paul Cezanne Paul Gauguin
There are always flowers for those who want to see them. Henri Matisse
Nature Those See Always Want Them Who Flowers
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 Good Balance Matter Mind Fatigue Relaxation Dream Physical Rather Purity Troubling Soothing Armchair Like Devoid Calming Subject Subject Matter Provides Influence Which Depressing Serenity
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. Henri Matisse
Happiness Work Good Day Fog Oneself Surrounds Us Derive Illuminating
Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. Henri Matisse
Art Soul Impressionism Newspaper
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. Henri Matisse
Art Only Between Difference Paint Things
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
Success Style Prisoner Reputation Must Never Himself Artist Etc Should
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. Henri Matisse
Love You Love Is Lover Guard Drink Study Naivete Drunkard Learn Within Original Desire
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. Henri Matisse
Creative First Before Nothing Rose Difficult More He Because Were Truly Than Forget Roses Paint Painted Painter Ever
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
Time Myself Light Long Long Time Power Picture Possess Must Rather Through Generate Real Been Real Power Expressing Now Conscious
I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. Henri Matisse
Youth World Vision Extreme Characteristic Would All The World New Like Freshness Which Recapture
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. Henri Matisse
Nature Language Will Own Later Possess Must He Identify Him Himself Mastery Enable His Efforts Artist Which Rhythm Prepare Express Her
Exactitude is not truth. Henri Matisse
Truth
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. Henri Matisse
Better Will Tree Must Instinct Thwarted Branches Prune Just Grow
It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. Henri Matisse
Life Me My Life Everybody Everybody Else Else All My Life Bothered Like Paint
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
Young Preparation Design Touch Only Color Years Personal Artist Personal Expression Young Artist After Should Means Used Expression
I have been no more than a medium, as it were. Henri Matisse
Medium More Were Been Than
Jazz is rhythm and meaning. Henri Matisse
Jazz Rhythm Meaning
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. Henri Matisse
Character You Woman Young Worse Claws Sharpened She Well Young Woman Much
My curves are not crazy. Henri Matisse
Crazy Curves
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
God Prayer Mind Believe Think Frame Some Oneself Put Buddhist Know Sort Close Essential Whether Which Really Thing

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