1. Creative Quotations from Henri Matisse ( ) born Dec 31 French artist, author; He was pioneer of modern art of room interiors, vivid female nudes, and still-life, e.g., The Red Room, 1908.

2. In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking of a tightrope.

3. 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.

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

5. Derive happiness in oneself from a good
day's work, from illuminating the fog
that surrounds us.

6. 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.

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