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
funny art expression
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
effort creative seeing
Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.
spring artist essentials
The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.
artist explorers
An artist is an explorer.
artist done satisfaction
Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done...
today normal aliens
I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.
artist men imagination
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred to the exclusion of the other. Often both are used in turn by the same man...
mean artist expression
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
photography art men
If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.
inspirational music jazz
Jazz is rhythm and meaning.
ideas expression emotion
You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.
figures theme models
My models, my human figures, are never like extras in an interior. They are the main theme of my work. I depend absolutely on my model...
wall struggle hard-work
After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.
love running winner
In love, the one who runs away is the winner.