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There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
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I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
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We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.
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A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.
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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
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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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What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
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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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