Quotes by : Henri Matisse

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

To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

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

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are....

Creativity takes courage.

Exactitude is not truth.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively,....