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
vision creation
Creation begins with vision.
color red
A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.
courage creativity design
Another word for creativity is courage.
able influence walks
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
expression
What I am after, above all, is expression.
fetch saws embarrassed
I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces.
feelings way painting
I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.
doe lines one-line
Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.
color hands moments
From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves.
dream art balance
What I dream of is an art of balance.
cutting decision tongue
You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right to express yourself with anything but your brush.
expression gains clarity
I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends.
drawing ideas precision
To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
passion expression details
Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive.