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
best color decided favorable intervals introduce prints reason separate size suited
I'd like to introduce my color prints under the most favorable of conditions. For this reason I must separate them by intervals of a different character. I decided that handwriting was best suited for this purpose. The exceptional size of the writing
color irrelevant
Seek for the boldest color possible, content is irrelevant.
color trying complementary-colors
I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
color splitting-up tranquility
The splitting up of color [as Impressionists did] brought the splitting up of form and contour . . . Everything is reduced to a mere sensation of the retina, but one which destroys all tranquility of surface and contour. Objects are differentiated only by the luminosity that is given them.
color musical way
I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture. From the relationship I have found in all the tones there must result a living harmony of colors, a harmony analogous to that of a musical composition.
art color joy
Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us.
country color expression
I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple.
simple color rainbow
Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.
color drawing spirit
Drawing is of the spirit; color is of the senses.
color rainbow choices
The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.
color expression function
The main function of color should be to serve expression.
mean drawing color
Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.
light color feels
It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.
color choices feelings
My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.