Quote by Henri Matisse
I dont paint things. I only paint the difference between things. -

I dont paint things. I only paint the difference between things. – Henri Matisse

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Time extracts various values from a painters work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. – Henri Matisse

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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

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Art holds fast when all else is lost. – German Proverb

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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. – Vladimir Nabokov

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People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when its simply necessary to love. – Claude Monet

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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide. – Ben Okri

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