Quotes by : Henri Matisse

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject....

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

From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it....

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

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

I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed....

Exactitude is not truth.

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

I do not distinguish between the construction of a book and that of a painting and I always proceed from....

Creativity takes courage.