Henri Matisse Quotes

"Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us."
-Henri Matisse in Work quotes.

"Creativity takes courage."
-Henri Matisse in Courage quotes.

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"There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted."
-Henri Matisse in Creativity quotes.

"He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back."
-Henri Matisse in Love quotes.

"Exactitude is not truth."
-Henri Matisse in Truth quotes.

"Drawing is putting a line (a)round an idea."
-Henri Matisse

"I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me."
-Henri Matisse in Writing quotes.

"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."
-Henri Matisse in Art quotes.

"In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there remains an energy that is all the stronger for being constrained, controlled and compressed."
-Henri Matisse in Art quotes.