The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer. Henri Matisse More Quotes by Henri Matisse More Quotes From Henri Matisse Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play. Henri Matisse creativity independent play There are always flowers for those who want to see them. Henri Matisse positive beautiful art Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions. Henri Matisse emotion color order Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working. Henri Matisse inspiration waiting art The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child. Henri Matisse artist children firsts Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out. Henri Matisse be-good simple trying Nothing can be accomplished without love. Henri Matisse without-love accomplished It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony. Henri Matisse color beautiful art Drawing is putting a line around an idea. Henri Matisse sketching drawing ideas The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse beautiful inspirational life ...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions. Henri Matisse opinion want feelings I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black. Henri Matisse black-and-white queens color Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance. Henri Matisse hope faith god If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open. Henri Matisse eye ifs Art is an escape from reality. Henri Matisse art-is reality art In love, the one who runs away is the winner. Henri Matisse running-away running love Beauty comes from the balance between two and three dimensions, between abstraction and representation - I seek the equilibrium behind changing appearances. Henri Matisse balance three two My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another. Henri Matisse four color made An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint. Henri Matisse artist self discovery It is my dream to create an art which is filled with balance, purity and calmness, freed from a subject matter that is disconcerting or too attention-seeking. In my paintings, I wish to create a spiritual remedy, similar to a comfortable armchair which provides rest from physical expectation for the spiritually working, the businessman as well as the artist. Henri Matisse spiritual dream art
