It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Quote by Henri Matisse

Topics: Art Quotes, Painting Quotes, Uniqueness Quotes

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an...

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an...

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

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

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

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth...

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner...

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

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

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 devoid of...

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

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time...

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time...

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...