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Henri Matisse Quotes


"An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by..."

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"Creativity takes courage."

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"Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the..."

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"Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of..."

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"I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me...."

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

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"I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light..."

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"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic..."

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"In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is..."

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"In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You..."

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"It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else...."

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"Surely the vogue of those twisted and contorted human figures must be as..."

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"There is an inherent truth which must be disengaged from the outward..."

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"There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint..."

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"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of..."

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"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft...."

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"Work cures everything."

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