Quotes by Henri Matisse

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

#Time

Creativity takes courage.

#Courage, #Creativity

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

#Creativity, #Painting

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

#Emotion

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

#Art, #Painting, #Uniqueness

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

#Artist, #Painting

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

#Life, #Painting, #Writing

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

#Art, #Nature, #Painting

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

#Henri Matisse

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

#Henri Matisse

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

#Henri Matisse

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

#Henri Matisse