Quotes by Henri Matisse

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

#Art

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

#Art

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

#Art

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

#Art

Exactitude is not truth.

#Truth

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

#Love

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

#Love

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

#Dreams

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

#Money

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

#Drink

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

#Power

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

#Time