Henri Matisse Quotes about Painting

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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Henri Matisse

Art, Differences, Painting

Never ruin a good painting with the truth.

Henri Matisse

Ruins, Painting

There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have achieved a form that is simplified to its essence.

Henri Matisse

Essence, Painting, Form

What's so astonishing about not understanding? There are so many things in art, beginning with art itself, that one doesn't understand. A painter doesn't see everything that he has put in his painting.

Henri Matisse

Art, Understanding, Painting

Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.105, Univ of California Press

Cezanne, you see, is a sort of God of painting.

Henri Matisse

Cezanne, Painting, Masters

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

I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to redo. My destination is always the same but I work out a different route to get there.

Henri Matisse

Work Out, Different, Painting