Quotes by Henri Matisse

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

#Henri Matisse

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

#Henri Matisse

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

#Henri Matisse

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

#Art, #Balance, #Dreams

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

#Art, #Colors

Creativity takes courage.

#Creativity

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

#Creativity

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

#Doing Your Best

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

#Effort, #Joy, #Trying

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

#Emotion, #Writing

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

#Instinct

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

#Jazz