Henri Matisse speaking about drawing and painting 

I wish that video would be so much longer ! It's amazing to be able to see him drawing !

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

For those of you who do not understand French: "I believe that drawing and painting are the same thing. For me, drawing is painting with a meager needle."

Transcription + EN translation: Moi, je crois que la peinture et le dessin, c'est la même chose. -Personally, I think that painting and drawing are the same thing. Le dessin est une peinture faite avec des moyens réduits. -Drawing is a [kind of] painting done using limited means. Sur une surface blanche, une feuille de papier, -On a blank surface, a sheet of paper, avec une plume et de l'encre, -with a pen and some ink, on peut peindre en créant certains contrastes, -one can paint by creating certain contrasts, par des volumes on peut changer la qualité du papier, -through volumes one can change the character of the paper, donner des surfaces souples, des surfaces claires, surfaces dures, -produce flexible surfaces, light surfaces, hard surfaces, sans toutefois mettre ni ombre ni d' lumière [sic] -without however putting in either shadow or light. Pour moi, le dessin est une peinture avec des moyens réduits. -In my view, drawing is a kind of painting using limited means.

I like how he writes 'um' for the eyes.

THE greatest artist of the 20th century. The class. The simplicity. The elegance. The color. The influence. No one comes close.

Henri te amo desde Argentina, gracias por haber existido ♥

Thanks for posting this.Wonderful video

Thank you for posting this clip of the Master.

Love how that kid became a millionaire in one minute by just sitting still

Inside Matisse's head: I have no idea what I'm doing, I better sound convincing... (this is just a joke I love his art)

Is this clip part of a documentary? Do you know the name of the documentary? Thanks. Wonderful footage & audio of the great Matisse!

I usually prefer academic realism but the vibrant colors on clean white backgrounds in Matisse's paintings are strikingly amazing also his paintings are not too modern or abstract , so not subject to personal interpretations.

Mon maître spirituel // amazing

Un géant !

That drawing will be worth a million dollars now just because it was created by Matisse's hand.

@zimmy81 With any master if you want to see work that some would call skillful from a technical level look at their early work. Matisse 1890-97. After, an artist can feel free to explore their creativity without exception. Matisse was a master in the truest form of the word.

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?

Great Sir

Anyone full translation of that whole speakingsession?

Wonderful! I'd never heard Matisse's voice before. It's a damn shame this wretched monoglot don't talk no French.

Pareidolia.

Bernini,Leonardo,Ryepin,Donatelo... masters

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A great likeness 🤣 seriously, did he really need a model to draw that 🤔

@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.

"Ceci n'est pas une pipe"

Italia 2006

Was my initial comment even a reply to yours? I hadn't intended it be. Cheers.

Who else is here because of their school

Matisse

I'm so sorry -I meant *me*. I Intended "monoglot" as an ironic, self-deprecating antithesis to "polymath". I'm a dick, but I'm not that big a dick. ;-)

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Matisse la linea del ritratto ce l' aveva prima nella testa..e poi la ha messa sulla carta !

@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 Then perhaps you are not qualified to 'judge,' what you are looking at. Have you considered that? If the world regards this man as a Master in his time do you really think the world is wrong and you are right? It is very common for people with no formal training in art to think they can understand art just because they can see it. But can you understand an Astrophysicists equations written on a chalk board just because you can see it? Both are the highest levels of human intellect.

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noooooo I don't understand anything!!

He’s speaking in foreign .

Lady Gaga

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wtf is that

lol even kids can do better than that.

Overrated