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Quotes and sayings by the famous French Artist Henri Matisse
born
Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse - France - 31st of December, 1869 / Died - 3rd of November,
1954
Famous Henri Matisse paintings include "Odalisque with Raised
Arms", "La Danse", "Blue Nudes", and "The Dessert:
Harmony In Red".
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Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
+ A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only
one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting
upon its essential character, to risk losing charm
in order to gain greater stability.
+ Seek the strongest color effect possible.. the
content is of no importance.
+ After a half-century of hard work and reflection
the wall is still there.
+ Truth and reality in art do not arise until you
no longer understand what you are doing and are
capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows
in proportion to your resistance.
+ I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and
independent feeling of my own individuality within
a total knowledge of tradition.
+ 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.
+ Cezanne, you see, is a sort of God of painting.
+ I have always tried to hide my own efforts and
wished my works to have the lightness and joyousness
of a springtime which never lets anyone suspect
the labours it cost.
+ I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion
it produces upon me.
+ I am unable to make any distinction between the
feeling I get from life and the way I translate
that feeling into painting.
+ 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.
+ A young painter who cannot liberate himself from
the influence of past generations is digging his
own grave.
+ Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with
the advantage of permanence.
+ Creativity takes courage.
+ What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity
and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject
matter.
+ It is my dream to create an art which is filled
with balance, purity and calmness, freed from a
subject matter that is disconcerting or too attention-seeking.
In my paintings, I wish to create a spiritual remedy,
similar to a comfortable armchair which provides
rest from physical expectation for the spiritually
working, the businessman as well as the artist.
+ . . 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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