Henri Matisse quotes

" Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. " # Individuality # Theater # Marriage

" I have been no more than a medium, as it were. " # Jealousy

" What I dream of is an art of balance. " # Dreams

" The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage. " # Courage # Effort # Arts and Artists

" Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. " # America

" I do not literally paint the table, but the emotion it produces on me... " # Arts and Artists # Painters and Painting # Emotions

" Seek the strongest Color effect possible... the content is of no importance. " # Contentment # Color # Truth

" We must see all life as if we were children. " # Children

" Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. " # Empire # Love # Growth

" 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. " # Arts and Artists # Creativity # Painters and Painting