The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art. - Henri Matisse

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The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.

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About Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist. Particularly known for his striking use of colour, Matisse is one of the very few indisputable giants of modern art, alongside Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky.

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Alternative Names: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse Henri Emile Benoît Matisse Henri Emile Benoit Matisse Henri-Emile-Benoît Matisse Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse H. Matisse matisse h. h. matisse matisse henri Henri-Matisse Matisse Anri Matiss
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There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see them.

La verticale est dans mon esprit. Elle m'aide à préciser la direction des lignes, et dans mes dessins rapides je n'indique pas une courbe, par exemple, celle d'une branche dans un paysage, sans avoir conscience de son rapport avec la verticale. Mes courbes ne sont pas folles.

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A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter. When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognize which scene of the life of Christ I have before me, but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color.

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