Henri Matisse

abstract art

is one who painted by simply trying to put down colors which rendered his sensation.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

is an artist whose goitrous, torpid and squinting husks that are his sculptures are worthless except as tactful decorations for a mental home.

The goitrous. torpid and squinting husks provided by (Henri) Matisse in his sculpture are worthless except as tactful decorations for a mental home.

is a painter who, once his canvases began to fetch high prices, was condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces.

I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces.

is a painter who, when he paints green, it doesn't mean grass; when he paints blue, it doesn't mean sky.

When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.

is the nastiest smear of paint one has seen.

The nastiest smear of paint I had ever seen. - Leo Stein, on a painting by

is without parallel. One might say, All things considered, there only Matisse.

All things considered, there is only Matisse.

is a painter who does not paint things. He only only paints the difference between things.

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