What I dream of is an art of balance.

—Henri Matisse

About Henri Matisse

Portrait of Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwa matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.

More quotations from Henri Matisse

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

—Henri Matisse

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

—Henri Matisse

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

—Henri Matisse

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

—Henri Matisse

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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

—Henri Matisse

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It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

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Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.

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So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.

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We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.

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