Henri Matisse speaking about drawing and painting

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" I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. " Henri Matisse

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  • Me, I believe that painting and drawing are the same thing. Drawing is a painting done in a simpler way [or with ‘limited/reduced resources’]. On a white surface, a sheet of paper, with a plume and some ink, one creates a certain contrast with volumes; one can change the quality of the paper given supple surfaces, light (or clear) surfaces, hard surfaces without always adding shadow or light. For me, painting is drawing in a simpler way [or with limited resources].

    - Thank you Karen and Mary

  • @iDraw3G This is serius stuff, modern art. You dont understand.

  • That honestly was not a very good drawing

  • Awesome video. It's amazing how fine his lines are. People who liked this video should watch the BBC Modern Masters videos on Matisse. They are also on Youtube as well.

  • Where's the rest of the video. I read a paper on this, and i saw images of the stages of this. I know how he's supposed to keep going on with a few more stages for this drawing. Could you please post it?

  • @zimmy81 i don't get what you're on about jimmy..  that might as well be a photograph!

  • what is the name of the movie ?

  • @zimmy81 i dont think he was done yet...

  • @zimmy81 No Zimquats plz don't take this the wrong way as I am not offended by you in the least. I think you represent 99.9 percent of the viewpoints of the subject. And I would agree that defending this to anyone is futile, but it's not clever artspeak. It's really what I think, my personal viewpoint. van Gogh died unknown and penniless. Proven time and time again the public at large can't see what others can and we shouldn't expect them to.

  • @zimmy81 I am sure that Matisse would be flattered that you compared him to God. The fact of the matter is that this is so vastly complex that is just looks simple. How about that man who spent his life doing this E=MC²? Sure it looks simple on paper but what did it take to get there and how vastly complex is it? I can understand the basic idea but I will never grasp it's full meaning of what it meant to Einstine. What it is that you are looking at is not what you are seeing.

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