3 Henri Matisse Quotes on Painting

Henri Matisse quotes on painting

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.

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

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.