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

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

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

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds...

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds...

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

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

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

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...

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

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

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

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 do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity...

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

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

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

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.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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...

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being...

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being...