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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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Art is an escape from reality.
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After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.
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Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done.
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The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.
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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
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The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.
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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
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The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us.
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If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.
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I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
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Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young again and philosophical which means that I don't want to fritter away the new lease on life I've been given.
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Creation is the artist's true function where there is no creation there is no art.
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Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue
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There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
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It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.
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I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation
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