Quote #37

The artist only sees old truths in a new light,because there are no new truths.

More from Henri Matisse

  1. Without passion there is no art.
  2. What I dream of is an art of balance,of purity and serenity.
  3. We must see all life as if we were children.
  4. Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements at the painter's disposal for the expression of his feeling…
  5. The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist i…
  6. There is discontinuity between my former paintings and my cut-outs,only with more absloluteness and more abstraction.
  7. The artist has but one idea. He is born with it and spends a lifetime developing it and making it breathe. I basically work without theory.…
  8. I had this dance in me for a long time,and I had to put it into La joie de vivre. It was like a rhythm within me that carried me along.

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