Henri Matisse Quotes (11+)

Enjoy the best Henri Matisse Quotes. Quotations by Henri Matisse (French Artist)
Jan 01, 1869 - Jan 01, 1954

A picture must possess a real power to generate light.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while you're working.

Art is an escape from reality.

You can't help getting old, but you can help becoming old.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

Creativity takes courage.

Color, above all and perhaps even more than drawing, is a liberation.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

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Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a giant of 20th-century art and leader of the Fauvist movement, celebrated for his expressive use of color and revolutionary style.