7 Henri Matisse Quotes on Expression

Henri Matisse quotes on expression

6. A picture must possess a real power to generate light ... for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

7. Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

10. It is only after years of preparation that the young [artist] should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

14. What I am after, above all, is expression.

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.

39. Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements at the painter's disposal for the expression of his feelings.

41. 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.