Henri Matisse Quotes

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Henri Matisse

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.
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There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
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Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivety. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
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Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
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I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have the light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
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I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
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It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch colour - not colour used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
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Biography

Famous French artist, 1869-1954



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