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Letter "H" » Henri Matisse Quotes
«My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. Inspired by certain pages of Delacroix, an artist like Signac is preoccupied with complementary colors, and the t»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| Keywords:
colors, complementary, Delacroix, inspired, observation, pages, preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupy, rest on, scientific, scientific theory, sensibilities, sensibility, T, The T
«There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence,»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Painting
| Keywords:
abstraction, increasing, interruption, interruptions, paintings, simplified, simplifies, simplifying, The Absolute
«My curves are not crazy.»
«I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Youth
| Keywords:
characteristic, freshness, new to, recapture, recaptured
«I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.»
«Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.»
«Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young again and philosophical which means that I don't want to fritter away the new lease on life I've been given.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Youth
| Keywords:
fritter, fritters, fritter away, joking, lease, leased, leases, leasing, operation, philosophical
«Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.»
«What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Art,
Balance,
Dreams
| Keywords:
armchair, armchairs, calming, depressing, devoid, devoid of, fatigue, relaxation, serenity, soothing, subject matter, troubling
«It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.»
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