An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.—Henri Matisse Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2015 charles letbetterAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under these license terms: X License Type:Read […]
Paper cutouts allow me to draw in color. I see it as a simplification. Instead of drawing the contour and putting color into it–one modifying the other–I draw directly in color.—Henri Matisse Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2015 charles letbetterAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under […]
Why have I never been bored? For more than fifty years I have never ceased to work.—Henri Matisse Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2015 charles letbetterAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under these license terms: X License Type:Read OnlyLicense Summary:You may read the original content in the context […]
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.—Henri Matisse Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2015 charles letbetterAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under these license terms: X License […]
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.—Henri Matisse […]
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.—Henri Matisse Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2015 charles letbetterAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under these […]
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.—Henri Matisse Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2015 charles letbetterAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is […]
