Henri Matisse Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Henri Matisse quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased artist born on Dec 31, 1869). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 33 we have for him.
“An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.”
“With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.”
“I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”
“I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.”
“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.”
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.”
“In love, the one who runs away is the winner.”
“It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.”
“I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.”
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