What did Henri Matisse mean by: What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure. - Henri Matisse Copy
+ I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Art, Balance, Dream, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn’t build upon hatred, but upon love. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Hatred, Parasites, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Blood, Color, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Hard Work, Struggle, Wall, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Clarity, Expression, Gains, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Stories, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ The artist begins with a vision – a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Beautiful, 0 - Henri Matisse
+ The residuum of another’s expression can never be related to one’s own feeling. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Henri Matisse, Expression, Feelings, Imitation, 0 - Henri Matisse
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
