4 Henri Matisse Quotes on Emotion

Henri Matisse quotes on emotion

7. Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

28. I do not literally paint the table, but the emotion it produces on me...

34. 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 is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.

36. Without passion there is no art.