Henri Matisse Quotes on Expression
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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.
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Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
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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.
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What I am after, above all, is expression.
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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.
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Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements at the painter's disposal for the expression of his feelings.
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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.