Henri Matisse Quote

In a picture every part will be visible and will play the role conferred upon it, be it principal or secondary. All that is not useful in the picture is detrimental.

p. 410 - 'Notes d'un Peintre', (Notes of a Painter), H. Matisse (1908)

In a picture every part will be visible and will play the role conferred upon it, be it principal or secondary. All that is not useful in the picture ...

In a picture every part will be visible and will play the role conferred upon it, be it principal or secondary. All that is not useful in the picture ...

In a picture every part will be visible and will play the role conferred upon it, be it principal or secondary. All that is not useful in the picture ...

In a picture every part will be visible and will play the role conferred upon it, be it principal or secondary. All that is not useful in the picture ...