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

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...

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

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

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

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...

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

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

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

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 -...

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...

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...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

I'm growing old, I delight in the past.

I'm growing old, I delight in the past.

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

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.

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...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and...

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and...

Life is a cement trampoline

Life is a cement trampoline

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...