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Henri Matisse Quotes about Feelings

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My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.

My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.

Henri Matisse
Color, Choices, Feelings
Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.41, Univ of California Press

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

Henri Matisse
Art, Emotional, Feelings
Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.66, Univ of California Press

...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.

Henri Matisse
Feelings, Want, Opinion
Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.43, Univ of California Press

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further.

Henri Matisse
Giving, Feelings, May
Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.67, Univ of California Press

Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.

Henri Matisse
Color, Feelings, Looks

I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.

Henri Matisse
Independent, Feelings, Individuality
Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.81, Univ of California Press

The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.

Henri Matisse
Expression, Feelings, Imitation
Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.149, Univ of California Press

I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.

Henri Matisse
Feelings, Way, Painting

I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.

Henri Matisse
Feelings, Way, My Way
Henri Matisse, John M. Jacobus (1973). “Henri Matisse”, Harry N Abrams Inc

It is through the human figure that I best succeed in expressing the nearly religious feeling that I have towards life.

Henri Matisse
Religious, Feelings, Humanity

The living model, the naked body of a woman, is the privileged seat of feeling, but also of questioning... The model must mark you, awaken in you an emotion which you seek in turn to express.

Henri Matisse
Beauty, Feelings, Naked

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