Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matissewas a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth31 December 1869
CountryFrance
color drawing world
If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit.
stronger energy said
The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to ...
artistic should impress
A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject.
order color emotion
Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.
artist originals
The truly original artist invents his own signs.
quiet paint starting
Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.
religious humanity feelings
It is through the human figure that I best succeed in expressing the nearly religious feeling that I have towards life.
blue soul certain
A certain blue enters your soul
art artist creation
Creation is the artist's true function; where there is no creation there is no art.
photography artist world
Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations. The photographer must therefore intervene as little as possible, so as not to cause photography to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses, notwithstanding its defects.
freedom bored everyday
When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise... In everyday life I was usually bored and vexed... Starting to paint I felt gloriously free...
expression drawing paper
Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given dimensions, I will jot down a drawing which will have a necessary relation to its format.
color tone timbre
A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres.
thinking joy suffering
I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.