The major writings of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), with the exception of the letters, are collected here along with transcriptions of important interviews and broadcasts given at various stages of Matisse's career. Jack Flam provides a biography, a general introduction that addresses the development of Matisse's aesthetic values and theories, and a critical introduction for each text. List of Illustrations xi Preface xv Introduction: A Life in Words and Pictures 1(24) A Note on the Texts 25(2) Interview with Guillaume Apollinaire, 1907 27(3) Notes of a Painter, 1908 30(13) Statement on Photography, 1908 43(1) Sarah Stein's Notes, 1908 44(8) Interview with Charles Estienne, 1909 52(4) Interview with J. Sacs, 1910 56(4) Interview with Ernst Goldschmidt, 1911 60(4) Interview with Clara T. MacChesney, 1912 64(6) Visit by Robert Rey, 1913 70(3) Interview with Ragnar Hoppe, 1919 73(5) Interview with Jacques Guenne, 1925 78(5) Statement to Teriade: On Fauvism and Color, 1929 83(4) Statement to Teriade: On Travel, 1930 87(6) Statement to Teriade: Around a Retrospective, 1931 93(4) Interview with Gotthard Jedlicka, 1931 97(7) Interview with Pierre Courthion, 1931 104(2) Statement to Teriade: On Creativity, 1933 106(1) Interview with Dorothy Dudley, 1933 107(6) Letters to Alexander Romm, 1934 113(5) On Modernism and Tradition, 1935 118(4) Statements to Teriade: On the Purity of the Means, 1936 122(2) On Cezanne's ``Three Bathers,'' 1936 124(1) Divagations, 1937 125(2) Henry de Montherlant: Listening to Matisse, 1938 127(2) Notes of a Painter on his Drawing, 1939 129(3) Interview with Francis Carco, 1941 132(10) On Transformations, 1942 142(1) Matisse's Radio Interviews, 1942 143(5) Conversations with Louis Aragon: On Signs, 1942 148(3) Interview with Marguette Bouvier, 1944 151(3) The Role and Modalities of Color, 1945 154(3) Observations on Painting, 1945 157(2) Interview with Leon Degand, 1945 159(6) Black is a Color, 1946 165(1) How I made my Books, 1946 166(3) Oceania, 1946 169(1) Jazz, 1947 169(6) Interview with Andre Marchand: The Eye, 1947 175(2) The Path of Color, 1947 177(2) Exactitude is not Truth, 1947 179(2) Letter to Henry Clifford, 1948 181(3) Interview with R. W. Howe, 1949 184(3) Henri Matisse Speaks to You, 1950 187(2) Interview with Georges Charbonnier, 1950 189(6) The Text: Preface to the Tokyo Exhibition, 1951 195(1) The Chapel of the Rosary, 1951 196(1) The Chapel of the Rosary: On the Murals and Windows, 1951 197(2) Statements to Teriade: Matisse Speaks, 1951 199(8) Testimonial, 1951 207(2) Interview with Andre Verdet, 1952 209(8) Looking at Life with the Eyes of a Child, 1953 217(2) Portraits, 1954 219(6) Chronology 225(12) Appendix (Selected French Texts: 2, 12, 25, 31, 37, 49, 51) 237(16) Notes 253(52) Bibliography 305(10) Index 315