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Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back.
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When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion.
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After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.
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Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
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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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